Loose Leaf for Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781260158762
Author: John J Wild
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 14DQ
Summary Introduction
Concept introduction:
Accounting principles or assumptions are used in recording business transactions and their values. Accounting principles provide a way of recording a transaction, and accounting assumptions provide the fundamental background to record transactions and events.
To identify: The accounting principle.
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