Why is the accrual-based income statement superior to a cash-based income statements in measuring profitability

Trinity coatings company uses the indirect method to prepare its statement of cash flows. refer to the following information for 2018: the beginning balance in the cash account was $ 3 comma 000. net cash provided by operating activities: $ 42 comma 000 net cash used for investing activities: $(26 comma 500) net cash provided by financing activities: $ 1 comma 700 the statement of cash flows will show

Richardson hired j.c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j.c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."

During the current year, luis university received a $50,000 gift from an alumna who specified that it must be used to pay travel costs for faculty to attend health care conferences in foreign countries. during the year the university spent $8,000 to support travel to a health care conference in italy. the $8,000 disbursement will cause a net decrease in which class of net assets?