matching principle (EN)

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phrase “matching principle”

1. (in accounting) the principle requiring that expenses be recorded in the same period as the revenues they help generate
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   Even though we paid for the material on January 7 2023, according to the matching principle, the expense was recorded as an accrued expense in 2022 to avoid making our financial statements look better than in reality.