Accrual Accounting: Income is recorded as you invoice customers‚ and expenses are recorded when you receive bills from vendors‚ regardless of when cash is actually exchanged. This presents a truer picture of income and expenses. Most companies use this method. Cash-Basis Accounting: Income is recorded when cash (checks‚ money orders‚ or currency) is received‚ and expenses are recorded when paid. However‚ unpaid credit sales and purchases do not show on ledgers‚ which can present a misleading
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Transition to the Accrual Accounting The transforming from cash basis accounting to accrued accounting are associated with several general issue which including factor influencing the nature and speed of the transition‚ options in respect of the transition paths‚ and the management of the transition process. The factors that may influence the nature and speed of the transition to accrual accounting which the system of government and the political environment are the major basic requirement. Beside
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relative advantages and limitations of financial statements prepared on a cash basis with those prepared on an accrual basis” To compare the advantages and limitations of different financial statements begins with first understanding what financial statements are and what different purposes they can be used for‚ as well as the differentiation between cash and accrual accounting. The cash and accrual methods of accounting are the two principle ways of keeping track of businesses takings and expenses and
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our businesses were to choose a cash basis accounting method‚ they would record revenue when payments were received and they would record costs when payments were remitted. Payable and receivable entries would not be used since future payments would not be recorded and an inventory entry would not be needed as well. The merchandise purchased for resale or the materials purchased for use in the manufacturing of products would be recorded as an expense in the accounting period in which those purchases
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Accruals and the Prediction of Future Cash Flows: evidence from China Background Predicting the company’s future cash flows is of high significance in accounting and finance areas alike‚ due to the fact that the ability of company generating cash flows substantially influences its securities value. For this purpose‚ Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) states that the primary objective of financial reporting is to provide information to help investors‚ creditors‚ and others in assessing
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In the present age‚ accounting seems to be an indispensable tool for modern business activities. However‚ not only for the profit orientated commercial business‚ it also plays an important role in the non-profit profit organizations‚ such as public sectors. Moreover‚ due to several deficiencies and drawbacks of government accounting and financial-management systems‚ such as unclear accountability‚ poorly maintained assets and hided losses and long-term liabilities‚ reforms in the public sector have
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Accruals Accounting Developments on Public Sector Accounting in Malaysia According to a circular issued by the Accountant General’s Department (AGD)‚ the new system is ‘expected to be flexible and in compliance with accounting standards based on cash or accrual basis‚ or a hybrid of both’ (AGD‚ 2003a: 1). The AGD had also put forward the accrual accounting migration conceptual plan in which it is planned that the government would adopt accrual accounting by 2008. The accrual accounting
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AND PERCEIVED STRESS AMONG THE NON-TEACHING STAFF OF CEU MAKATI: BASIS FOR JOB SATISFACTION YSABEL THERESE CORDERO‚ KIRSTEN MAE RAMOS‚ DIANNE MONIQUE VEJANO & AUBREY ROSE ZAMUDIO College of Science and Technology Centro Escolar University-Makati‚ Gil Puyat Ave. Makati‚ Philippines Abstract This study was intended to seek the Personality traits and Perceives Stress of the non-teaching staff of CEU Makati-Gil Puyat as basis for their Job Satisfaction. By the use of purposive sampling technique which
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Corwin Williams Archaeology Critical Analyses 1 Does Technology Make a Difference? In Port Jackson‚ the first British colony of New South Wales arrived. When the colony arrived in January 1788‚ they came across Aboriginal people who were known to fish around Port Jackson. As of today‚ there is said to be over 580 species that live in the waters around Port Jackson. The Aboriginal people had been fishing in these areas long enough to make fish a part of their diet. When the British brought
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Accrual concept Accrual Concept is a fall-out of Accounting Period concept. This concept requires that expenses incurred for a particular accounting period should be reckoned in the same period‚ irrespective of the fact whether these expenses have been paid in cash or not in that year. The same holds true for revenues‚ i.e.‚ revenues earned in a specific accounting period are construed as incomes of the same period‚ irrespective of their receipts. This concept is also known as the accrual theory
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