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Reasonable assurance

The high, but not absolute, level of assurance that is intended to be obtained by the auditor is expressed in the auditor's report as obtaining reasonab...

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Receivables

Amounts owed to a business, regarded as assets.

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Reconciliation

Using two sets of records to ensure figures are accurate and in agreement.

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Recurring bank receipt

If you make payments and receipts on a regular basis, without recording an invoice, for example, you pay a direct debit for electricity each month, you can ...

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Recurring bank payment

Automatic payment where a customer authorises a company to collect the total charges from a credit card, debit card or bank account every month.

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Reducing balance depreciation

A method used when the depreciation of an asset is higher in the earlier years of its life, and when that depreciation amount begins to reduce as the life of...

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Regression analysis

A set of statistical processes for estimating the relationships among variables.

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Regressive tax

Where the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases. It affects people with low incomes more severely than people with high incomes. Ex...

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Regulatory framework

The infrastructure which supports the control and implementation of principles and laws.

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Revenue expenditure

An amount that is expensed immediately - thereby being matched with revenues of the current accounting period/

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