Rushmore Company provided services for $45,000 cash during Year 1. Rushmore incurred $36,000 of operating expenses on account during Year 1, and by the end of the year, $9,000 of that amount had been paid with cash. If these are the only accounting events that affected Rushmore during Year 1, which of the following statements is true?

The amount of the net income shown on the income statement is $9,000

Explanation:

The computation of the net income is shown below:

Net income = Services provided for cash =  operating expenses incurred

= $45,000 - $36,000

= $9,000

According to the matching principle, the revenues of a particular period should always be matched with the expenses that are incurred in that particular year

So, the net income that is to be reported on the income statement is $9,000

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