A Deferral Is an Adjustment for the Receipt of Cash

question 124

True/False

A deferral is an adjustment for the receipt of cash in advance of providing services.

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Definitions:

Adjusting Entry

A journal entry made in the accounting records at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the appropriate period.

Closing Entry

A journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to transfer the balances of temporary accounts to a permanent account.

Adjusting Entry

An accounting record posted at the closing of a financial period to assign revenues and expenses to the time they were incurred.

Closing Entry

An accounting action that transfers all temporary account balances to permanent accounts at the end of an accounting period, preparing the books for the next period.