Question

Most entities satisfy the accounting criteria for recognizing an expense when: Multiple Choice cash is paid to a supplier. a dividend is paid to stockholders. a cost is incurred in the revenue generating process. a commitment is made to purchase a product or service.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is A cost is incurred in the revenue generating process.

Explanation:

An expense is recognized in the income statement when a decrease in future economic benefits has arisen, related to a decrease in assets or an increase in liabilities, and also the expense can be measured reliably. In short, this means that such recognition of expenditure occurs simultaneously with the recognition of increases in obligations or decreases in assets.

The generation of economic benefits and their reliable monetary quantification are the essential requirements for the inclusion of a line item in the financial statements. Resources that do not generate financially translatable economic benefits for the entity and its owner-investors should not be recognized in the financial reports according to the IASB model.