The realization principle indicates that revenue should be recorded in the accounting records: when cash is collected from customers when goods are sold or services are provided to customers at the end of the accounting period only when the revenue can be matched by an equal dollar amount of expenses
The realization principle indicates that revenue should be recorded in the accounting records: when cash is collected from customers when goods are sold or services are provided to customers at the end of the accounting period only when the revenue can be matched by an equal dollar amount of expenses
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Transcribed Image Text:The realization principle indicates that revenue
should be recorded in the accounting records:
when cash is collected from customers
when goods are sold or services are provided to customers
at the end of the accounting period
only when the revenue can be matched by an equal dollar amount of expenses
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