cash method of accounting
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A method of accounting in which income is accounted for when actually received (not, for instance, when an order is taken) and expenses are reported when actually paid (not when liability for paying them is incurred, such as making an order).
Compare: accrual method of accountingCategory: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Business Accounting, Bookkeeping & Finances
Category: Business Cash Flow Problems & Bankruptcy
Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Business Tax & Deductions
Category: Personal Finance & Retirement → Taxes → Tax Audits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill.
2009.
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cash method of accounting — Cash method. The practice of recording income and expense only when cash is received or paid out; used in contradistinction to accrual method. See cash basis accounting. See also accounting … Black's law dictionary
cash method of accounting — Cash method. The practice of recording income and expense only when cash is received or paid out; used in contradistinction to accrual method. See cash basis accounting. See also accounting … Black's law dictionary
cash method — cash meth·od n: cash basis at basis Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. cash method … Law dictionary
cash method — Cash method. The practice of recording income and expense only when cash is received or paid out; used in contradistinction to accrual method. See cash basis accounting. See also accounting … Black's law dictionary
cash method — Cash method. The practice of recording income and expense only when cash is received or paid out; used in contradistinction to accrual method. See cash basis accounting. See also accounting … Black's law dictionary
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