ACCT 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Deferral, Deferred Income, Accrual

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Accrual basis accounting- record revenues when we provide g/s, & record expenses of related goods: revenue recognition. Revenue recognition principle- company records revenues when it sells its g/s to a customer: expense recognition. Matching principle- companies typically report expenses in the same period as the revenues they helped generate. Cash basis accounting- record revenues when we receive cash, record expenses when we pay cash: not part of gaap, thus most use accrual. Difference between accrual and cash basis is timing. Adjusting entries: part of accrual based accounting, update balances of assets, liabilities, expenses, & revenues at the end of acct period, prepayments. Record as assets at the time of purchase. The benefits provided by these assets will expire in future periods so we expense their costs in those future periods. The amount of the asset used is recorded as an expense: credit an asset account(dec)

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