At the end of its 2020 fiscal year, Pastel, Inc., received an order from a customer for $40,000. The merchandise will ship early in 2021. Because the sale was made to a long-time customer, the controller recorded the sale in 2020. Do you agree or disagree with the financial reporting practice employed? What accounting concept is applied (if you agree) or violated (if you disagree)?

The answer is:

Disagree

The matching principle is violated

Explanation:

The order of a customer worth $40, 000 was received at year end. However, the merchandise will only ship in the year following the fiscal year. When goods are shipped, revenue is recognised on shipping the goods or receipt of the goods by the customer. According to the information provided, merchandise will only be shipped in 2021, therefore the customer will only receive the goods in 2021. Given this information, recognising revenue in the current period would be an incorrect treatment of the transaction and contravene the matching principle. This principle indicates that revenue and the costs associated with the revenue should be recognised in the same period.

The sale should not be recognised in 2020 because the goods' delivery and the costs incurred in delivering those goods will only be incurred in 2021. No indicated payment, cash or otherwise, was received in lieu of this transaction. Recognising  this sale in the income statement and the associated asset in the statement of financial position could be misconstrued as an attempted enhancement of Pastel Inc.'s financial position for the 2020 fiscal year end.

Do you agree or disagree with the financial reporting practice employed?

What accounting concept is applied (if you agree) or violated (if you disagree)?

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public property refers to the property that can be used by all legal citizens in a certain country. the public property was created and maintain using the government budget that allocated specifically for it. the budget itself come from the citizen's income tax payment.

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

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