cash basis accounting

cash basis accounting definition - finance
An accounting system that records income when it is received and records expenses when they are paid. In contrast, the most common account method records income when it is earned and expenses when they are incurred.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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