Background
Insurance companies incur large expenses when acquiring new business, but to ensure that they comply with GAAP's matching principle they need to spread out these costs over the period in which revenues are earned.
The DAC is treated as an asset on the Balance Sheet and amortized over the life of the insurance contract.
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