give your opinion from the financial accounting perspective. ( You may refer to an appropriate accounting principle.) .Assume a financial year from 1st January -31st Dec 2022. The accountant had deliberately not disclosed that the business had lost Kshs.500,000 following a robbery that took place during that year and that the money was not insured.

give your opinion from the financial accounting perspective. ( You may refer to an appropriate accounting principle.) .Assume a financial year from 1st January -31st Dec 2022. The accountant had deliberately not disclosed that the business had lost Kshs.500,000 following a robbery that took place during that year and that the money was not insured.

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