ACCT 1201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Retained Earnings, Accrual, Matching Principle

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How do business activities affect the income statement. Operating (cash-to-cash) cycle: begins when company receives goods to sell, pays for them and sells to customers, ends when customers pay cash to the company. The length of time of the cycle depend on the nature of the business. Time-period assumption assumes that the long life of a company can be reported in shorter times periods (months, quarters, years: two issues arise. Multiple step a way of formatting an income statement to include operating income. Revenues are defined as increases in assets or settlements of liabilities from ongoing operations (sale of goods or services) Expenditures is any outflow of cash for any purpose (pay off loan, buy equipment, or pay wages) Expenses are outflows or using up of assets o increases in liabilities from ongoing operations incurred to generate revenues for the periods.

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