Expenses are an unavoidable cost of doing -- and staying in -- business. When a business incurs an expense, there are two accounting methods it may use to record the expense to its books -- the cash ...

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Accrual accounting is one of the primary accounting methods and is based on the matching principle, which dictates that revenues and their associated expenses be recorded in the same accounting period ...

Cash basis accounting records when cash actually changes hands in a transaction, providing a real-time view of your financial position that reflects the actual cash flow of a business or individual.

While every public company uses accrual basis accounting in its financial reporting, it’s not the only bookkeeping standard out there. Cash basis accounting also has practical applications in business ...