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© Business Entity Concept

Accounting records be kept separate to owners records, other business etc.

© The Continuing Concern Concept

A business will continue to operate unless it is known that it will not.

© The Principle of Conservatism

All records must be fair and reasonable.

© The Objectivity Principle

Recorded on the basis of objective evidence.

Objective evidence means anyone looking at the evidence will arrive at the same answer.

© Revenue Recognition Convention

States that revenue is recorded in the accounts at the same time the transaction is completed.

© Time Period Concept

Provides that accounting take place over the fiscal periods.

© The matching Principle

An extension of revenue recognition.

Each expense item related to revenue earned must be recorded in the same accounting period as the revenue it helped to earn.

© The Cost Principle

The accounting for purchases must be at the cost price to the purchaser.

© The Consistency Principle

Business must use the same accounting methods and procedures from period to period.

© The Materiality Principle

The materiality principle requires Accountants to follow generally accepted accounting principles except when to do so would be expensive or difficult.

© The Full Disclosure Principle

States that all the information needed for a full understanding of a company's financial statements must be included.

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