Losses Have the Effect of Reducing Net Income,while Gains Increase

question 92

True/False

Losses have the effect of reducing net income,while gains increase net income.

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Definitions:

Correcting Entry

An entry made in accounting records to correct a mistake made in a previous recording.

Subsidiary Ledger

A detailed ledger that contains the individual accounts related to a specific area, like accounts receivable or payable, which rolls up into the general ledger.

Compound Journal Entry

An accounting entry that involves more than two accounts, where there are multiple debits, multiple credits, or both.

Salvage Value

The appraisal of an asset’s market price at the exhaustion of its operational time.