Where accounts are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, a deduction for management expenses may be made for a period of account earlier than that in which payment of the expense is made (see D7.305). This arises where the accounts include a debit for expenses accrued in the period, which are not actually paid until a later date. If some or all of the sum represented by the debit is paid and then wholly or partly repaid, or the sum is never paid1, the accounts for a subsequent period (the period of the credit) will include a credit for the amount accrued and not paid2.
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