AC 211 Lecture 7: Adjustments, Financial Statements, and Financial Results (Chapter 4)

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Chapter 4: adjustments, financial statements, and financial results. Cash is not always received in the period in which the company earns the related revenue; likewise, cash is not always paid in the period in which the company incurs the related expense. Adjustments are made to ensure assets and liabilities are reported at appropriate amounts and ensure the related revenues and expenses are reported in the proper period involve both income statement and balance sheet accounts. Assets: reported at amounts representing economic benefits that remain at the end of the current period. Liabilities: reported at amounts owed at the end of the current period. Expenses: recorded in the same period as the revenues to which they relate. Companies wait until the end of the accounting period to adjust their accounts because daily adjustments would be costly and time-consuming. Used to decrease balance sheet accounts and increase corresponding income statement accounts.

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