Chap 2 Flashcards
are income generated
from the primary operations of the
business.
Revenue
are income derived from other
activities of the business.
Gains
Two kinds of expenses
Expenses, losses
are expenses related to the primary
operations of the business.
Expenses
from notes payable is not
part of the selling activities of the store. It is
classified as losses and other expenses.
Interest expense
Accrual states that:
revenue must be reported on the accounting period
that it was earned.
expenses must be reported during the same
reporting period they were incurred.
Expense Recognition
Matching Principles
Rational Allocation
Immediate Recognition
Expenses are “matched” and
recorded in the same period that the
revenue it generated was recognized
Matching Principle
The principle of rational allocation requires the cost
of long-term expenditure to be rationally allocated
throughout usage based on the expected pattern of
usage.
* An example of expenses estimated using rational
allocation is the depreciation of equipment
Rational Allocatiton
In cases when accountants cannot determine how
long the expenditure will benefit the business
or if there is any benefit at all, then conservatism
dictates that the cost of the expenditure should be
charged to the expense immediately.
Immediate Recognition
is generally used to describe
revenue derived from the rendering of services. Example:
* Rental Revenue
* Professional Fee; and
* Tuition Revenue
Service Income
is generally used to describe revenue
derived from selling goods. Example:
* Office Supplies Sales
* Book Sales
* Food Sales
Sales revenue account/ Sales
Revenue from sales of goods is recognized when goods have been delivered.
This is an account used by
companies that sell goods instead of services. For trading operations,
the COGS or the COS collects the cost of the merchandise sold. The cost
of unsold merchandise is reported as Inventory in the SFP. There are two
ways of keeping records of the inventory:
* Perpetual
* Periodic
Cost of goods sold (Cost of sales)
refer to all other expenses related to the
operation of the business, other than the cost of sales. These include
salaries of employees, supplies, utilities (electricity, telephone, and water
bills), gasoline expense, representation, bad debts expense,
depreciation, and amortization.
Operating Expense