College Accounting, Chapters 1-27 (New in Accounting from Heintz and Parry)
College Accounting, Chapters 1-27 (New in Accounting from Heintz and Parry)
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ISBN: 9781305666160
Author: James A. Heintz, Robert W. Parry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 1TF

Expenses are listed on the income statement as they appear in the chart of accounts or in descending order (by dollar amount).

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Identify whether the given statement is true or false.

Answer to Problem 1TF

Expenses are listed on the income statement as they appear in the chart of accounts or in descending order (by dollar amount) are True.

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Expenses: Expenses are costs incurred for the operations of a business. The costs incurred for generating revenues are rent expense, depreciation expense, general and administrative expenses, selling expenses, and utilities expense.

Describe two approaches to listing the expenses in the income statement:

  • The expenses can be listed in the same order as it shown in the chart of accounts.
  • It can be shown in descending order by dollar amount.

The second approach helps the user in identifying the major expenses. From the above explanation, it is clear that expenses are listed on the income statement as they appear in the chart of accounts or in descending order (by dollar amount). Hence, the given statement is true.

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College Accounting, Chapters 1-27 (New in Accounting from Heintz and Parry)

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