The rule requiring expenses to sit in the same period as the revenue they helped earn is the:
AMarking principle
BMasking principle
CMapping principle
DMatching principle
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Matching principle
1. Costs and income must line up.
2. Otherwise profit looks wrong.
3. That is the matching principle.
_Source: OpenStax Principles of Accounting Volume 1, Chapter 3, Analyzing and Recording Transactions._
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