Sec. 441.87. Deferral (or deferment)  


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  • The accounting treatment accorded the receipt or accrual of revenue before it is earned, or the incurrence of an expenditure before the benefits therefrom are received. Such items are balance-sheet liabilities or assets and are carried forward to the income account of succeeding periods as the revenue is earned or as the benefits are received from the expenditure.