If you are an entrepreneur or small business owner, it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with both the cash and accrual accounting methods. So, what’s the difference between cash and accrual ...

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Businesses in the Unites States do their accounting under one of two methods: cash and accrual. The difference lies largely in when a business recognizes the revenue it earns and expenses it incurs.

Accrual accounting is one of the primary accounting methods and is based on the matching principle, which dictates that revenues and their associated expenses be recorded in the same accounting period ...

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Cash basis accounting records when cash actually changes hands in a transaction, providing a real-time view of your financial ...

The new tangible property regulations form a framework of rules for the capitalization of tangible property that affects the treatment of fixed asset additions and disposals, the expensing of ...

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In Rev. Proc. 2025-23, the IRS on Monday provided a comprehensive, updated list of changes in tax accounting methods to which the automatic change procedures in Rev. Proc. 2015-13, as subsequently ...

Section 446(e) requires a taxpayer to obtain IRS consent prior to changing its accounting method. A change in method of accounting may include either a change in an overall plan of accounting for ...