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Under the accrual basis of accounting, expenses are reported in the accounting period when the?

a. Cash is paid b. Expenses matches the revenues or used up

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Question added by SREEDEVI SUNILKUMAR , Business finance officer , Emirates Airline
Date Posted: 2014/04/10
Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud
by Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud , Chartered Accountant # 10465 , Self-employed

B

Sohail Saeed
by Sohail Saeed , Manager Financial Accounting and Reporting , Abdullah A.M. Al-Khodari Sons Co (A Saudi Joint Stock Co)

Option B

Umer Aziz
by Umer Aziz , Senior Accountant , TERNA Bahrain Holding - GEK Group (www.terna.gr)

B

Zahid Shafi Choudhri
by Zahid Shafi Choudhri , Senior Accountant - Owner Operator , MSC Accounting Services, Surrrey - British Columbia, Canada

B. Expenses matches the revenues or used up

Ilham Mohammed
by Ilham Mohammed , Senior Accountant , gulf center for foodstuff

answer is B

umer zubair
by umer zubair , international sales executive , digital globe service

B

Sadut Hussen
by Sadut Hussen , senior accountant , Green days Industries plc

Under the accrual basis of accounting, revenues are reported on the income statement when they are earned. (Under the cash basis of accounting, revenues are reported on the income statement when the cash is received.) Under the accrual basis of accounting, expenses are matched with the related revenues and/or are reported when the expense occurs, not when the cash is paid. The result of accrual accounting is an income statement that better measures the profitability of a company during a specific time period.

ahmed abdallah
by ahmed abdallah , Accounting Manager , Almuneef Company for Trade, Industry, Agriculture and Contracting

Expenses of two types The period and product period shall be recorded at the end of the year and shall be administrative, general and product related to the product and shall be payable at the time the product is sold

mashael alabdullah
by mashael alabdullah , Managing Editor , kuwait university

Under the accrual basis of accounting, revenues and expenses are recorded as soon as transactions occur. This process runs counter to the cash basis of accounting, where transactions are reported only when cash actually changes hands.

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