One major difference between deferral and accrual adjustments is: Answer accrual adjustments affect income statement accounts and deferral adjustments affect balance sheet
accounts. deferral adjustments increase net income and accrual adjustments decrease net income. deferral adjustments are made under the cash basis of accounting and accrual adjustments are made
under the accrual basis of accounting. accounts affected by an accrual adjustment always go in the same direction (i.e. both accounts
are increased or both accounts are decreased) and accounts affected by a deferral adjustment always go in opposite directions.