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Accrual Accounting Convention

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Accrual Accounting Convention
An accounting system that tries to match the recognition of revenues earned with the expenses incurred in generating those revenues. It ignores the timing of the cash flows associated with revenues and expenses.

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Unfortunately, analysts and investors are prisoners of the established accrual accounting conventions that focus exclusively on reported earnings and are not cash specific.
 
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