Intermediate Accounting 14th Edition

Published by Wiley
ISBN 10: 0470587237
ISBN 13: 978-0-47058-723-2

Chapter 2 - Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting - Questions - Page 68: 24

Answer

The cause and effect affiliation can rarely be convincingly illustrated; however, multiple costs give off an impression of being identified with specific incomes, and recognizing them as expenses accompany the acknowledgment of the income. Systematic and rational allocation implies that without an immediate method for associating cause and effect, its expense ought to be allotted to the periods systematically and rationally. Other costs are quickly expensed in light of the fact that the costs have no noticeable future advantages or the allocation multiple accounting periods isn't considered to fill any valuable purpose.

Work Step by Step

Illustrations of expenses that are perceived by associating cause and effect are cost of products/items and sales commissions. On the other hand, examples of costs that are perceived systematically and rationally include amortization of intangible assets, allocation of insurance and rent as well as the depreciation of organization assets. Example costs that are quickly expensed includes officers' compensations, most selling costs, sums paid to settle lawsuits, and expenses of assets utilized in fruitless endeavors.
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