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  2. Adjusting entries - Wikipedia

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    In accounting, adjusting entries are journal entries usually made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the period in which they actually occurred. The revenue recognition principle is the basis of making adjusting entries that pertain to unearned and accrued revenues under accrual-basis accounting .

  3. IAS 16 - Wikipedia

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    IAS 16 applies to property, plant and equipment (PPE). The standard itself defines PPE as "tangible items that are held for use in the production or supply of goods or services, for rental to others, or for administrative purposes; and are expected to be used during more than one [accounting] period."

  4. Generally Accepted Auditing Standards - Wikipedia

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    The auditor must state in the auditor's report whether the financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The auditor must identify in the auditor's report those circumstances in which such principles have not been consistently observed in the current period in relation to the preceding period.

  5. List of AICPA Audit and Accounting Guides - Wikipedia

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    The Comments column provides references to sections of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) which complement or supersede a particular Audit and Accounting Guide. The ASC is published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board , and access to the ASC is free through the Basic View on the FASB web site.

  6. Matching principle - Wikipedia

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    An example is an obligation to pay for goods or services received, where cash is to be paid out in a later accounting period. The amount is deducted from accrued expenses when it is paid. Accrued expenses share characteristics with deferred income (or deferred revenue ), except that deferred income involves cash received from a counterpart ...

  7. SOX 404 top–down risk assessment - Wikipedia

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    For example, many companies rely heavily on manual interfaces between systems, with spreadsheets created for downloading and uploading manual journal entries. Some companies process thousands of such entries each month. By automating manual journal entries, both labor and SOX assessment costs may be dramatically reduced.

  8. Quiet period - Wikipedia

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    [2] This is also called the cooling-off period or waiting period. Under the rules of the Securities Act of 1933 , as modified June 29, 2005, electronic communications, including electronic road shows and information located on or hyperlinked to an issuer's website are also governed.

  9. Cut off period - Wikipedia

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    Cutoff period is a term in finance. In capital budgeting , it is the period (usually in years) below which a project's payback period must fall in order to accept the project. Generally it is the time period in which a project gives its investment back if a project fails to do so the project will be rejected.