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To explore accounting techniques for assigning periodic net income across accounting periods and reducing income fluctuations.

Smoothing Periodic Income.

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This article surveys accounting techniques that affect periodic net income measurement, indicating their implications for financial reporting.

To explore accounting techniques for assigning periodic net income across accounting periods and reducing income fluctuations.
Survey of accounting techniques for periodic income assignment
Analysis of the shift in focus from balance sheets to income statements
Examination of regulatory principles for net income determination
Emphasis on the significance of periodic net income among stakeholders
Increased attention to objectivity in income determination
Insights into methods for smoothing periodic income fluctuations

Samuel Richard Hepworth (1953) studied this question.

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This article surveys accounting techniques that affect periodic net income measurement, indicating their implications for financial reporting.