But Krauss said that from the moment he and the other scientists arrived on the island, they never saw anything untoward.
COMPANIES THAT FAIL THE $1 MILLION AVERAGE revenue test are not affected by the revenue procedure. For them, determining whether to use the cash or accrual method hinges on two issues: the material income-producing factor test and their type of entity. COMPANIES SELLING MERCHANDISE GENERALLY must use the accrual method to account for purchases and sales.
1 The matching principle dictates that accountants record expenses in the period when they are incurred and that they are offset against their corresponding revenues. 2  The implication of this principle is that you cannot always wait until cash changes hands to record an expense.ake the appropriate adjusting entry. You accrue expenses by recording an adjusting entry to the general ledger. Adjusting entries occur at the end of the accounting period and affect one balance sheet account (an accrued liability) and one income statement account (an expense).