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Author: J. David Spiceland, Wayne M Thomas, Mark W. Nelson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.13BYP
Analysis Case 1–13
Expense recognition
• LO1–9
Revenues measure the accomplishments of a company during the period. Expenses are then matched with revenues to produce a periodic measure of performance called net income.
Required:
1. Explain what is meant by the phrase matched with revenues.
2. Describe the four approaches used to implement expense recognition and label them 1 through 4.
3. For each of the following, identify which expense recognition approach should be used to recognize the cost as expense.
a. The cost of producing a product
b. The cost of advertising
c. The cost of monthly rent on the office building
d. The salary of an office employee
e.
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