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English translation: Prior year items


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Dutch term or phrase:nagekomen posten voorgaande jaren
English translation:Prior year items
Entered by: Lucy Simpson
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16:53 Aug 20, 2004
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
Dutch term or phrase: nagekomen posten voorgaande jaren
This is from the notes to the P&L account under 'overige bedrijfskosten':

Algemeen:
Accountant
Nagekomen posten voorgaande jaren
Kosten fiscus
Contributies
Lucy Simpson
Local time: 06:25
Prior year items
Explanation:
Items in accounts that relate to any preceding financial year.

Prior year adjustments, on the other hand, are material adjustments applicable to prior years arising from changes in accounting policies and from the correction of fundamental errors.

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Note added at 2 hrs 14 mins (2004-08-20 19:07:33 GMT)
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For Sanmar\'s edification here are the definitions of \'deferred expenses\' and \'deferred income\' respectively:
Expenses that are allocated in part, or in full to an accounting period subsequent to the period(s) in which they are paid. Such expenses must be deferred to guarantee a correct income statement. This process is known as Deferred Expenses. In Real Estate Management, the Deferred Expenses process is applicable to vendor contracts that have the condition type rent paid in advance.

Revenues that are allocated in part, or in full to an accounting period subsequent to the period(s) in which they are received. In such a case these revenues must be deferred to guarantee a correct income statement This process is known as Deferred Income.
In RE, the Deferred Income process is applicable to customer contracts with the condition type rent paid in advance.

And here is a definition of \'Deferred Items\':
Expenses that are paid in advance and revenues that are received in advance are transferred to an income statement in a subsequent period by using deferred expense and deferred income items. Such items are known as Deferred Items.


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xxxjarry
South Africa
Local time: 07:25
Grading comment
I have long learned to be suspicious of van Amerongen's dictionary, which is why I usually question things I'm not quite sure about. Thank you for the comprehensive explanation, too - I always find them useful.
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4 +2Prior year itemsxxxjarry
5 -1Deferred itemsxxxSanmar


  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Deferred items


Explanation:
Please note: no need to add 'voorgaande jaren/previous years'. Deferred items is the standard term used in accounting.

xxxSanmar
Local time: 06:25
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  xxxjarry: F. van Amerongen (the Dutch-speaking accountant who compiled the dictionary you refer to) is quite wrong on this occasion as on many others. In this case he makes amends, however, with his translation of "Posten vorige boekjaren" ('Prior period items').
1 hr
  -> As in Terminologie Financieel Management 'Nagekomen posten (van het vorige jaar)'= deferred items. Unless this dictionary has got it wrong?
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Prior year items


Explanation:
Items in accounts that relate to any preceding financial year.

Prior year adjustments, on the other hand, are material adjustments applicable to prior years arising from changes in accounting policies and from the correction of fundamental errors.

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Note added at 2 hrs 14 mins (2004-08-20 19:07:33 GMT)
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For Sanmar\'s edification here are the definitions of \'deferred expenses\' and \'deferred income\' respectively:
Expenses that are allocated in part, or in full to an accounting period subsequent to the period(s) in which they are paid. Such expenses must be deferred to guarantee a correct income statement. This process is known as Deferred Expenses. In Real Estate Management, the Deferred Expenses process is applicable to vendor contracts that have the condition type rent paid in advance.

Revenues that are allocated in part, or in full to an accounting period subsequent to the period(s) in which they are received. In such a case these revenues must be deferred to guarantee a correct income statement This process is known as Deferred Income.
In RE, the Deferred Income process is applicable to customer contracts with the condition type rent paid in advance.

And here is a definition of \'Deferred Items\':
Expenses that are paid in advance and revenues that are received in advance are transferred to an income statement in a subsequent period by using deferred expense and deferred income items. Such items are known as Deferred Items.




xxxjarry
South Africa
Local time: 07:25
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 164
Grading comment
I have long learned to be suspicious of van Amerongen's dictionary, which is why I usually question things I'm not quite sure about. Thank you for the comprehensive explanation, too - I always find them useful.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andre de Vries
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!

agree  Saskia Steur
23 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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