AC 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Deferral, Retained Earnings, Financial Statement

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Chapter 4: adjustments, financial statements, & financial results. Why are adjustments needed: accounting systems are designed to record most recurring daily transactions, particularly any involving cash. However, cash is not always received or paid in the period in which the company earns the related revenue or incurs the related expense. Solution: adjustments are made to the accounting records at the end of the period to state assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses at appropriate amounts. Expenses are recorded in the same period has the revenues to which they relate: balance sheet. Assets are reported at amounts representing the economic benefits that remain at the end of the period. Making required adjustments: not (cid:373)ade o(cid:374) a daily (cid:271)asis (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it"s (cid:373)ore effe(cid:272)tive to do them all at once at the end of each period. Depreciation: process of allocating the cost of buildings, vehicles, and equipment to the accounting periods in which they are used: always used for tangible assets.

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