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Accruals are the non-cash net income components earned or incurred by a business and recorded as a result of accrual-based accounting. Businesses with large positive accruals generally have large non-cash earnings like sales on account that have not yet been paid by customers. Investors are wary of businesses that have large positive accruals over long periods of time. 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