Identify/define and Explain the Significance of the Following: William of Ockham

question 37

Essay

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: William of Ockham.

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Definitions:

Revenues Recorded

The act of documenting income generated from normal business operations, such as sales of goods or services, in the financial records.

Vertical Analysis

A financial analysis method in which each entry for each of the three major categories of accounts (assets, liabilities, and equity) in a balance sheet is represented as a proportion of the total account.

Financial Statement

A summary report that quantitatively describes the financial health of a company. This includes the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows.

Deferrals

Accounting method that involves postponing the recognition of certain revenues or expenses until a later accounting period to match them with the period they affect.