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9 marksRecording Financial Information

CAPE Accounting Unit 1 · 2006 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)(i)

Under accruals-basis accounting, accountants make five categories of adjusting journal entries at year-end: Deferred expenses; Deferred revenues; Accrued expenses; Accrued revenues; Estimated expenses.

Write short notes on the process involved in recording adjusting journal entries for any THREE of the five categories of items listed.

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