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What accounting principle governs the timing of revenue recognition?

a. Realization principle b. Materiality principle c. Matching principle d. Depreciation principle

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Question added by SREEDEVI SUNILKUMAR , Business finance officer , Emirates Airline
Date Posted: 2014/04/13
Thaikkattil Mathew Joshi
by Thaikkattil Mathew Joshi , Group Credit Controller , Gps Group,Dubai.

Matching Principle governs the timing of revenue recognition.

 

Joshi Mathew

Certified Internal Auditor #1036906

 

 

Hatem abdelmonem
by Hatem abdelmonem , Finance Manager , Yanbu Saudi Kuwaiti Paper Products Co. LTD

c. Matching principle 

Anwar ul haque
by Anwar ul haque , finance manager , Silver shore trading llc

c

Wilfredo Quito
by Wilfredo Quito , Accounting Manager , DDC LAND INC.

 

Under this principle revenue is to be recorded when it is realized (or realizable), revenuesare recognized as soon as a product has been sold or a service has been performed, regardless of when the money is actually received.

IMTIAZUR RAHMAN
by IMTIAZUR RAHMAN , Administration And Customer Care Officer , Amira Enterprises (Importers, Marketing & Retail Sales), Mississauga, Ontario

Under matching principle of the accrual basis of accounting:

Revenues are reported on the income statement when they are earned- before the cash is received from the customers.

 

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