FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
Accounting 212 Chapter 4 Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
Recognition - Answer✔✔-The process of recording an item in the financial statements as an asset, a
liability, a revenue, an expense, or the like
Historical Cost - Answer✔✔-The amount paid for an asset and used as a basis for recognizing it on the
balance sheet and carrying it on later balance sheets
Current value - Answer✔✔-The amount of cash or its equivalent that could be received by selling an
asset currently
Cash basis - Answer✔✔-A system of accounting in which revenues are recognized when cash is recieved
and expenses are recognized when cash is paid
Accrual basis - Answer✔✔-A system of accounting in which revenues are recognized when earned and
expenses are recognized when incurred
Revenues - Answer✔✔-Inflows of assets or settlements of liabilities from delivering or producing goods,
rendering services, or conducting other activities
Revenue recognition principle - Answer✔✔-Revenues are recognized in the income statement when they
are realized, or realizable, and earned
Matching principle - Answer✔✔-The association of revenue of a period with all of the costs necessary to
generate that revenue
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