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    Definition of 'Accrual Accounting': Definition: When Transactions Are Recorded in The Books of Accounts As They Occur

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    Accrual accounting records transactions when they occur, even if payment has not been received or made. This provides a more accurate assessment of an organization's financial health than cash accounting. Under accrual accounting, revenues are recorded when invoices are generated and expenses are recorded when liabilities are incurred, regardless of whether cash has changed hands. This helps match revenues with the expenses incurred to generate those revenues to give a clearer picture of a company's financial performance over time.

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    Accrual accounting records transactions when they occur, even if payment has not been received or made. This provides a more accurate assessment of an organization's financial health than cash accounting. Under accrual accounting, revenues are recorded when invoices are generated and expenses are recorded when liabilities are incurred, regardless of whether cash has changed hands. This helps match revenues with the expenses incurred to generate those revenues to give a clearer picture of a company's financial performance over time.

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    Accrual accounting records transactions when they occur, even if payment has not been received or made. This provides a more accurate assessment of an organization's financial health than cash accounting. Under accrual accounting, revenues are recorded when invoices are generated and expenses are recorded when liabilities are incurred, regardless of whether cash has changed hands. This helps match revenues with the expenses incurred to generate those revenues to give a clearer picture of a company's financial performance over time.

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    Definition of 'Accrual Accounting': Definition: When Transactions Are Recorded in The Books of Accounts As They Occur

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    Definition of 'Accrual Accounting'

    Definition: When transactions are recorded in the books of accounts as they occur
    even if the payment for that particular product or service has not been received or
    made, it is known as accrual based accounting. This method is more appropriate in
    assessing the health of the organisation in financial terms.

    Description: To understand accrual accounting, let's first understand what we mean


    when we say the word 'accrual'. Accrual refers to an entry made in the books of
    accounts related to the recording of revenue or expense paid without any exchange
    of cash.

    The use of accrual accounting is typically useful in businesses where there are a lot
    of credit transactions or the goods and services are sold on credit, which simply means
    that there was no exchange of cash.

    Let's understand Accrual accounting with the help of an example. Suppose you are a
    firm M/S ABC Pvt Ltd, and you are using accrual accounting to maintain your books
    of accounts. Here, any revenue or income which is generated by sales and expenses
    incurred are recorded as they occur.

    If you sell your goods or products on credit, the sale is recorded in the books based
    on the invoice generated. There is a possibility that you may not have received the
    payment by cash at that particular point in time.

    An expense is occurred or recorded when the raw material is ordered and not when
    the actual payment is made to the supplier by either cash or cheque. The only
    drawback of this type of accounting system is that you, as a firm, might end up paying
    tax on revenues even when you might have not received it (credit).

    Under the accrual method of accounting expenses are balanced with revenues on the
    income statement. It helps give a better picture of the company's financial condition.

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