Department of English & Foreign Languages. The Department of English shares a broad objective with other departments in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences: to teach the skills which will enable you to interpret, evaluate, and, in your own way, change your world.
In short, GAAP requires accrual accounting rather than cash accounting, because the accrual basis better fits the defined objectives of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Accrual accounting requires companies to record transactions in the time period in which financial events occur.
The accrual basis of accounting essentially requires you to recognize income when earned and expenses when incurred versus the cash basis of accounting which requires you to recognize income when received and expenses when paid. The accrual basis of accounting affords several benefits for financial reporting over the ...