Why do you think accrual basis accounting is Analysis preferable to
cash basis accounting in evaluating a business's operating results?
Whoever warned against counting chickens before they've hatched was clearly a proponent of
cash basis accounting. The method, often referred to as "checkbook accounting," is so simple it hardly requires explanation.
The Government now proposes to phase out
cash basis accounting in 1999/2000 - a year later than originally announced - and has extended the three-year "catch up" period to ten years.
Justification for adopting
cash basis accounting for OPEB was based on assumptions that the number of retirees covered was relatively small, the costs were insignificant and the continuation of benefits was discretionary.
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The ED includes a dual-reporting perspective with two sets of financial statements; one at the entity-wide level that follows the flow of economic resources method using full accrual basis, and another at the fund level that follows the flow of financial resources method using modified accrual and
cash basis accounting. Other major proposed changes in the ED include the reporting and depreciation of all capital assets, including infrastructure, at the entity-wide level and the requirement of supplementary information in a section called Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A).
It is too easy for the seller to manipulate
cash basis accounting - by not paying bills, for example - to the buyer's disadvantage.
