In the 14th century, plague ravaged Europe and Asia and was called the Black Death. Plague does not respond to penicillin, but other antibiotics are effective. Sanitary measures against fleas and rodents, quarantine and extreme caution in handling infectious materials help to suppress epidemics.
1. Expense recognition. Expenses are decreases in assets (e.g., rent expenses) or increases in liabilities (e.g., accrued utility expenses) that result from operating activities undertaken to generate revenue. Expenses are recognized in accordance with the matching principle. This principle mandates that the expense or cost of doing business is recorded in the same period as the revenue that has been generated as the result of incurring that expense or cost.
Accounting for Assets. A business makes a debit entry or a credit entry to an account in its accounting journal to change its balance. Debits and credits can either increase or decrease an account, depending on the type of account. A debit entry increases an asset account, while a credit entry decreases an asset account. For example, if you credit the inventory account in your small businessâs records by $5,000, the account would decrease by $5,000.