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What are accrued expenses? How are accrued expenses accounted for on a company's financial statements? If accrued expenses are not properly accounted for, what is the effect on the financial statements?

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What are accrued expenses?

Accrued expenses are those expenses which have been incurred but not yet paid. For example the employees have put in the work but the salary has not been paid or we have used the telephone but have not yet paid the bill. All instances where expenses are incurred but not ...

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