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| Accounting basis in which companies record, in the periods in which the events occur, transactions that change a company's financial statements, even if cash was not exchanged. |
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| Expenses incurred but not yet paid in cash or recorded. |
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| Revenues earned but not yet received in cash or recorded. |
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| A list of accounts and their balances after all adjustments have been made. |
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| Entries made at the end of an accounting period to ensure that the revenue recognition and expense recognition principles are followed. |
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| The difference between the cost of a depreciable asset and its related accumulated depreciation. |
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| Accounting basis in which a company records revenue only when it receives cash, and an expense only when it pays cash. |
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| Entries at the end of an accounting period to transfer the balances of temporary accounts to a permanent stockholders' equity account, Retained Earnings. |
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| An account that is offset against an asset account on the balance sheet. |
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| The process of allocating the cost of an asset to expense over its useful life. |
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| The planned timing of revenues, expenses, gains, and losses to smooth out bumps in net income. |
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| Expense recognition principle (matching principle) |
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| The principle that dictates that companies match efforts (expenses) with results (revenues). |
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| An accounting period that is one year long. |
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| A temporary account used in closing revenue and expense accounts. |
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| An assumption that the economic life of a business can be divided into artificial time periods. |
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| Balance sheet accounts whose balances are carried forward to the next accounting period. |
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| Post-closing trial balance |
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| A list of permanent accounts and their balances after a company has journalized and posted closing entries. |
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| Prepaid expenses (prepayments) |
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| Assets that result from the payment of expenses that benefit more than one accounting period. |
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| Indicates the level of full and transparent information that a company provides to users of its financial statements. |
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| Revenue recognition principle |
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| The principle that companies recognize revenue in the accounting period in which it is earned. |
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| An entry made at the beginning of the next accounting period; the exact opposite of the adjusting entry made in the previous period. |
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| Revenue, expense, and dividend accounts whose balances a company transfers to Retained Earnings at the end of an accounting period. |
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| Cash received before a company earns revenues and recorded as a liability until earned. |
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| The length of service of a productive asset. |
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| A multiple-column form that companies may use in the adjustment process and in preparing financial statements. |
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