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How do adjusting entries for accrued expenses affect liabilities and expenses?.

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Understanding Accrued Expenses

Since accrued expenses represent a company's obligation to make future cash payments, they are shown on a company's balance sheet as current liabilities. ... Following the accrual method of accounting, expenses are recognized when they are incurred, not necessarily when they are paid.

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