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  • assumes accounting measures transactions and events in money and only transactions that can be monetized
  • used for reporting financial information.
  • requires every business to be accounted for separately from the owner.
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  • assumes that a business will continue operating and will not close or be sold.
  • Conservatism Concept
  • requires that most assets are recorded at their original acquisition cost
  • Revenues and gains are recognized slower and expenses and losses are recognized quicker.
  • The same accounting methods should be applied from period to period and all changes to more acceptable methods should be well explained and justified.
  • Information must be measured and reported in a similar manner by all types of businesses.
  • The significance and importance of an item should be considered in order to determine what is reported.
  • The benefit of providing the financial information should also be weighed against the cost of providing it.
  • When customary industry practices exists they should be followed and used for financial reporting.
  • Insignificant events need not be measured and recorded.
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