ACTG 2010 Lecture 3: ACTG2010 - Chapter 3

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Much more judgement is required for accrual accounting than for cash accounting because there is greater uncertainty at the time events are recorded in the accounting system. There is no uncertainty around the point in time when the cash is paid or collected. Accrual accounting records economic events, not cash flows. When an economic event occurs can be ambiguous. It"s less certain when revenue has been earned than when cash is received. It can also be unclear what expenses were incurred to earn revenue (matching) whereas the amount of cash expended is rarely ambiguous. Closing entries are made to reset balances in the temporary (income statement) accounts to zero so that the entity can record the transactions and accumulate information pertaining only to the following period. The effect of the closing entry is to transfer balances in the temporary accounts to retained earnings (in a corporation) or owner"s equity (proprietorship).

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