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After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
[1] Explain the time period assumption.
[2] Explain the accrual basis of accounting.
[3] Explain the reasons for adjusting entries and Identify the major types of
adjusting entries.
[4] Prepare adjusting entries for deferrals.
[5] Prepare adjusting entries for accruals.
[6] Describe the nature and purpose of an adjusted trial balance.
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Preview of Chapter 3
Accounting Principles
Eleventh Edition
Weygandt Kimmel Kieso
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Timing Issues
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Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Dec.
Generally a
Alternative Terminology
month, The time period assumption
is also called the
quarter, or periodicity assumption.
year.
Review Question
The time period assumption states that:
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Timing Issues
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Timing Issues
Illustration 3-1
GAAP relationships in revenue
and expense recognition
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Timing Issues
Review Question
One of the following statements about the accrual basis of
accounting is false? That statement is:
a. Events that change a company’s financial statements are
recorded in the periods in which the events occur.
b. Revenue is recognized in the period in which the performance
obligation is satisfied.
c. The accrual basis of accounting is in accord with generally
accepted accounting principles.
d. Revenue is recorded only when cash is received, and
expenses are recorded only when cash is paid.
3-12 LO 2 Explain the accrual basis of accounting.
3-13 LO 2 Explain the accrual basis of accounting.
> DO IT!
A list of concepts is provided in the left column below, with a description of the
concept in the right column below. There are more descriptions provided than
concepts. Match the description of the concept to the concept.
f Accrual-basis accounting.
1. ___ (a) Monthly and quarterly time periods.
(b) Efforts (expenses) should be matched
e Calendar year.
2. ___
with results (revenues).
c Time period assumption.
3. ___ (c) Accountants divide the economic life of
b Expense recognition
4. ___ a business into artificial time periods.
principle. (d) Companies record revenues when they
receive cash and record expenses
when they pay out cash.
(e) An accounting time period that starts on
January 1 and ends on December 31.
(f) Companies record transactions in the
period in which the events occur.
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
Adjusting Entries
Ensure that the revenue recognition and expense
recognition principles are followed.
Review Question
Adjusting entries are made to ensure that:
a. expenses are recognized in the period in which
they are incurred.
b. revenues are recorded in the period in which
services are performed.
c. balance sheet and income statement accounts
have correct balances at the end of an accounting
period.
d. all of the above.
LO 3 Explain the reasons for adjusting entries and
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
Deferrals Accruals
Illustration 3-3
Unearned revenues.
PREPAID EXPENSES
Payment of cash, that is recorded as an asset because
service or benefit will be received in the future.
PREPAID EXPENSES
Expire either with the passage of time or through use.
Adjusting entry:
► Increase (debit) to an expense account and
Illustration 3-4
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
Depreciation
Buildings, equipment, and motor vehicles (assets that
provide service for many years) are recorded as assets,
rather than an expense, in the year acquired.
Oct. 31
Depreciation expense 40
Accumulated depreciation 40
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
Statement Presentation
Accumulated Depreciation is a contra asset account
(credit).
Appears just after the account it offsets (Equipment) on
the balance sheet.
Book value is the difference between the cost of any
depreciable asset and its accumulated depreciation.
Illustration 3-8
Illustration 3-9
UNEARNED REVENUES
Receipt of cash that is recorded as a liability because the
service has not been performed.
UNEARNED REVENUES
Adjusting entry is made to record the revenue for
services performed during the period and to show the
liability that remains at the end of the period.
Illustration 3-10
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
Illustration 3-12
OR
Expenses incurred
ACCRUED REVENUES
Revenues for services performed but not yet received in cash
or recorded.
ACCRUED REVENUES
Adjusting entry shows the receivable that exists and records
the revenues for services performed.
Adjusting entry:
► Increases (debits) an asset account and
► Increases (credits) a revenue account.
Illustration 3-13
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
Oct. 31
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
Illustration 3-15
ACCRUED EXPENSES
Expenses incurred but not yet paid in cash or recorded.
Rent Taxes
Interest Salaries
ACCRUED EXPENSES
Adjusting entry records the obligation and recognizes the
expense.
Adjusting entry:
► Increase (debit) an expense account and
► Increase (credit) a liability account.
Illustration 3-16
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
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The Basics of Adjusting Entries
Illustration 3-21
3-53 LO 6 Describe the nature and purpose of the adjusted trial balance.
Illustration 3-25
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The Adjusted Trial Balance
Review Question
Which of the following statements is incorrect concerning the adjusted
trial balance?
a. An adjusted trial balance proves the equality of the total debit
balances and the total credit balances in the ledger after all
adjustments are made.
b. The adjusted trial balance provides the primary basis for the
preparation of financial statements.
c. The adjusted trial balance lists the account balances segregated
by assets and liabilities.
d. The adjusted trial balance is prepared after the adjusting entries
have been journalized and posted.
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The Financial Statements
Owner’s
Income Balance
Equity
Statement Sheet
Statement
3-56 LO 6 Describe the nature and purpose of the adjusted trial balance.
Illustration 3-26
Preparation of the income statement and owner’s
equity statement from the adjusted trial balance
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Illustration 3-27
Preparation of the balance sheet from
the adjusted trial balance
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APPENDIX 3A Alternative Treatment of Prepaid
Expenses and Unearned Revenues
Prepaid Expenses
When a company prepays an expense, it debits that
amount to an expense account.
Prepaid Expenses
Company may choose to debit (increase) an expense account
rather than an asset account. This alternative treatment is simply
more convenient.
Illustration 3A-2
Unearned Revenues
Company may credit (increase) a revenue account when they
receive cash for future services.
Illustration 3A-5
Cost Constraint
Cost Constraint
Accounting standard-setters weigh
the cost that companies will incur to
provide the information against the
benefit that financial statement
users will gain from having the
information available.
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