Question 1 Introduction
An irrecoverable debt recovered is the situation where a former trade receivable, whose account has been written off as an irrecoverable debt, makes a payment.
An accrual of income is an amount due in an accounting period which has not been received at the end of that accounting period.
The adjustment for an accrual of income in the financial statements is to deduct it from the relevant income account before including the amount in the income statement.
A prepayment of income is an amount received after the end of the accounting period to which it relates.
The adjustment for a prepayment of income in the financial statements is to deduct it from the relevant income account before including it in the income statement.
An irrecoverable debt recovered is the situation where a former trade receivable, whose account has been written off as an irrecoverable debt, makes a payment.