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Which of the following statements about the relationship between the transactions on the Income Statement and Balance Sheet are TRUE:You buy a $100 item of clothing on your debit card and you treat the clothing as an expense (not an asset). The immediate impact of this transaction at the time of purchase involves incurring an expense of $100, a decrease in profit of $100, a decrease in assets of $100 and a decrease in wealth of $100.You receive $100 in interest on a savings account. The immediate impact of this transaction to the time of receiving the interest is an income of $100, an increase in profit of $100, an increase in assets of $100 and an increase in wealth of $100.Question 8AnswerNeither of the statements are true (both are false)Only statement 1 is trueOnly statement 2 is trueBoth statements are true (neither are false)

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Which of the following statements about the relationship between the transactions on the Income Statement and Balance Sheet are TRUE:You buy a 100itemofclothingonyourdebitcardandyoutreattheclothingasanexpense(notanasset).Theimmediateimpactofthistransactionatthetimeofpurchaseinvolvesincurringanexpenseof100 item of clothing on your debit card and you treat the clothing as an expense (not an asset). The immediate impact of this transaction at the time of purchase involves incurring an expense of 100, a decrease in profit of 100,adecreaseinassetsof100, a decrease in assets of 100 and a decrease in wealth of 100.Youreceive100.You receive 100 in interest on a savings account. The immediate impact of this transaction to the time of receiving the interest is an income of 100,anincreaseinprofitof100, an increase in profit of 100, an increase in assets of 100andanincreaseinwealthof100 and an increase in wealth of 100.Question 8AnswerNeither of the statements are true (both are false)Only statement 1 is trueOnly statement 2 is trueBoth statements are true (neither are false)

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Both statements are true (neither are false).

Here's why:

In the first statement, when you buy a 100itemofclothingonyourdebitcardandtreatitasanexpense,itindeedresultsinanexpenseof100 item of clothing on your debit card and treat it as an expense, it indeed results in an expense of 100 (which is recorded in the Income Statement), a decrease in profit of 100(alsoreflectedintheIncomeStatement),adecreaseinassetsof100 (also reflected in the Income Statement), a decrease in assets of 100 (since cash, an asset, is reduced on the Balance Sheet), and a decrease in wealth of $100 (as the overall equity or wealth decreases due to the expense).

In the second statement, when you receive 100ininterestonasavingsaccount,itresultsinanincomeof100 in interest on a savings account, it results in an income of 100 (recorded in the Income Statement), an increase in profit of 100(alsoreflectedintheIncomeStatement),anincreaseinassetsof100 (also reflected in the Income Statement), an increase in assets of 100 (since cash, an asset, increases on the Balance Sheet), and an increase in wealth of $100 (as the overall equity or wealth increases due to the income).

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