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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

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Question

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A. Adjustments to prepaid expenses and unearned revenues involve previously recorded assets and liabilities.

B. Accrued expenses and accrued revenues involve assets and liabilities that had not previously been recorded.

C. Adjusting entries can be used to record both accrued expenses and accrued revenues.

D. Prepaid expenses, depreciation, and unearned revenues often require adjusting entries to record the effects of the passage of time.

Definition Definition Entries made at the end of every accounting period to precisely replicate the expenses and revenue of the current period. This is also known as end of period adjustment. It can also refer to financial reporting that corrects errors made previously in the accounting period. Every adjustment entry affects at least one real account and one nominal account.

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