Brief Exercise 3-29
Revenue and Expense Recognition
Lauhl Corporation provides janitorial services to several Office buildings. During April, Lauhl engaged in the following transactions:
Required:
Calculate the amount of net income that Lauhl should recognize in April under (1) cash-basis accounting and (2) accrual-basis accounting.
Concept Introduction:
Accounting is an art of recording, classifying, analyzing and summarizing the financial statement to produce meaningful information and reports.
Accounting is done with two methods as follows:
Cash Basis accounting: Under the cash basis accounting all the cash receipts for the period are considered as revenue and all the cash payments for the period are considered as expenses and net income us calculated.
Accrual Basis accounting: Under the accrual basis, the revenue and expenses are recorded accreting to their accrual for the given period and cash receipts and payments are not considered to decide their accrual. The net income is calculated using the accrued revenue and accrued expenses belonging to the particular period.
To Calculate:
The net income under and Cash basis and Accrual basis of accounting.
The net income under and Cash basis and Accrual basis of accounting is calculated as follows:
Lauhl Corporation | ||
Net Income | ||
# | Cash Basis | Accrual Basis |
a | $ 24,000 | $ 4,000 |
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