EBK FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING THEORY AND ANA
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.3C
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To determine
Introduction: The basic postulates of accounting are the assumption based on which principles depend. The basic postulates were published in 1961 which were categorized as environmental, accounting and imperative postulates.
To explain: The reason for which S and M considered quantification is relevant.
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To determine
Introduction: The basic postulates of accounting are the assumption based on which principles depend. The basic postulates were published in 1961 which were categorized as environmental, accounting and imperative postulates.
Similarities among the S and M’s discussion of quantification with the definition of accounting as per ASOBAT and decision usefulness explained in SFAC no.8.
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