cash basis of accounting

  • 1cash basis of accounting — receipts and payments basis Accounting based on the cash concept rather than the accruals concept. Transactions are recorded on the date that cash is received or paid out and are included in the profit and loss account in which these payments… …

    Accounting dictionary

  • 2cash basis — see basis 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. cash basis …

    Law dictionary

  • 3cash 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

  • 4cash 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

  • 5cash basis — Refers to the accounting method that recognizes revenues and expenses when cash is actually received or paid out. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * cash basis ˈcash ˌbasis noun [singular] 1. ACCOUNTING a system of accounts in which the profit… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 6Cash Basis — A major accounting method that recognizes revenues and expenses at the time physical cash is actually received or paid out. This contrasts to the other major accounting method, accrual accounting, which requires income to be recognized in a… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 7cash basis accounting — Refers to the accounting method that recognizes revenues and expenses when cash is actually received or paid out. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * cash basis accounting UK US noun [U] (also cash accounting, cash basis) ► ACCOUNTING a method… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 8Cash Basis Taxpayer — A taxpayer who reports income and deductions in the year that they are actually paid or received. Cash basis taxpayers cannot report receivables as income, nor deduct promissory notes as payments. The rules for cash basis taxpayers are… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 9cash basis — noun a method of accounting in which each item is entered as payments are received or made (Freq. 1) • Ant: ↑accrual basis • Hypernyms: ↑accounting, ↑accounting system, ↑method of accounting * * * noun : a meth …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 10cash basis accounting — The *recognition of *revenues and *expenses in line with related *cash movements. Cash basis accounting is not permissible for large organizations under most systems of *Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which prefers an *accruals basis… …

    Auditor's dictionary