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GAAP: What It Is and Why Your Investors Expect It

inDinero Accounting

On the accounting side, GAAP requires specific methods for recording transactions, such as double-entry bookkeeping, which involves debiting one account while crediting another in order to maintain accuracy in recording data. This process occurs before any cash payment is made or taxes are due.

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Accounting Basics for Small Business: A Simple Guide

Snyder

A little example to illustrate how the double-entry method works. Imagine you have a retail business selling different goods online. Following the double-entry accounting method, you need to record the sale amount in your cash account as an increase (or debit) and as a decrease (or credit) in your inventory account.