Failure to prepare an adjusting entry at the end of the period to record an accured expense would casue: (Choose all of the correct ones) A. An understatement of libailities B. An overstatement of revenue C. An understatement of expenses D. An overstatement of net income E. An overstatement of assets

Failure to prepare an adjusting entry at the end of the period to record an accured expense would casue: (Choose all of the correct ones) A. An understatement of libailities B. An overstatement of revenue C. An understatement of expenses D. An overstatement of net income E. An overstatement of assets

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Failure to prepare an adjusting entry at the end of the period to record an accured expense would casue:

(Choose all of the correct ones)

A. An understatement of libailities

B. An overstatement of revenue

C. An understatement of expenses

D. An overstatement of net income

E. An overstatement of assets

Definition Definition Entries made at the end of every accounting period to precisely replicate the expenses and revenue of the current period. This is also known as end of period adjustment. It can also refer to financial reporting that corrects errors made previously in the accounting period. Every adjustment entry affects at least one real account and one nominal account.

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