ACCT1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Accrual, Deferred Income, Deferral

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Chapter 4: adjustments, financial statements, and the quality of earnings. Financial information is most useful for analyzing the past and predicting the future when it is considered by users to be of high quality. Because recording revenue and expenses daily is often costly, most companies wait until the end of the period (monthly, quarterly, annually) to make adjustments to record related revenues and expenses in the correct period. The accounting records are then prepared for the next period by a process called closing the books. Revenues are recorded when earned (revenue recognition principle) Expenses are recorded when they are incurred to generate revenue (expense matching principle) Assets are reported at amounts that represent the probable future benefits remaining at the end of the period. Types of adjustments: because of the timing of cash receipts or payments, there are two types of entries. One for the cash receipt or payment either before or after the end of the period.

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