ACC 100 Midterm: Chapters 4, 5, 6; The 2nd Midterm

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Chapter 4 accrual accounting, adjusting entries, and accounting cycle. Recognition the process of including an item in the financial statements of an entity. Recognition consists of the addition of the amount involved into statements totals together with a narrative description of the item in a statement. Donations) shareholders, bankers, and other creditors have limited access to relevant information about a company. They depend on the periodic financial statements issued by management to provide necessary information to make their decisions. The process by which the accountant depicts, or describes, the effects of economic events on the entity is called recognition. Measurement measurement of an item in financial statements requires that two choices be made. First the accountant must decide on the attribute to be measured. Second, a scale of measurement, or unit of measure, must be chosen. The attribute to be measured the cost of the asset at the time it is acquired is the most logical choice.

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