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  2. Accounting for leases in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Under an operating lease, the lessee records rent expense over the lease term, and a credit to either cash or rent payable. If an operating lease has scheduled changes in rent, normally the rent must be expensed on a straight-line basis over its life, with a deferred liability or asset reported on the balance sheet for the difference between ...

  3. Accrued liabilities - Wikipedia

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    Examples would include accrued wages payable, accrued sales tax payable, and accrued rent payable. There are two general types of Accrued Liabilities: Routine and recurring; Infrequent or non-routine; Routine and recurring Accrued Liabilities are types of transactions that occur as a normal, daily part of the business cycle. [2]

  4. How Accounts Payable Are Recorded on a Balance Sheet - AOL

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    Accounts Payable vs. Other Liabilities. Accounts payable aren’t the only type of liability you can have on your balance sheet. The major difference between accounts payable and other types of ...

  5. Adjusting entries - Wikipedia

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    When this cash is paid, it is first recorded in a prepaid expense asset account; the account is to be expensed either with the passage of time (e.g. rent, insurance) or through use and consumption (e.g. supplies). A company receiving the cash for benefits yet to be delivered will have to record the amount in an unearned revenue liability ...

  6. Debits and credits - Wikipedia

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    Current liability, when money only may be owed for the current accounting period or periodical. Examples include accounts payable, salaries and wages payable, income taxes, bank overdrafts, accrued expenses, sales taxes, advance payments (unearned revenue), debt and accrued interest on debt, customer deposits, VAT output, etc.

  7. Accrual - Wikipedia

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    In accounting and finance, an accrual is an asset or liability that represents revenue or expenses that are receivable or payable but which have not yet been paid.. In accrual accounting, the term accrued revenue refers to income that is recognized at the time a company delivers a service or good, even though the company has not yet been paid.

  8. Accounting equation - Wikipedia

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    Paying expenses (e.g. rent or professional fees) or dividends 7 + 100 − 100 Recording expenses, but not paying them at the moment 8 − 500 − 500 Paying a debt that you owe 9 0 0 0 Receiving cash for sale of an asset: one asset is exchanged for another; no change in assets or liabilities

  9. Chart of accounts - Wikipedia

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    Liability accounts are used to recognize liabilities. A liability is a present obligation of an entity to transfer an economic benefit (CF E37). Common examples of liability accounts include accounts payable, deferred revenue, bank loans, bonds payable and lease obligations. Equity accounts are used to recognize ownership equity. The terms ...