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WorksheetsAccounting Assumptions and Principles
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
This principle states that revenue should be recognized in the accounting period in which it is earned, not when it is paid for.
Objectivity Principle
Revenue Validity Principle
Revenue Recognition Principle
Consistent Earnings Principle
This principle argues that the accounting method that does not lead to overstatement or overestimation of assets/income is preferable.
Objectivity Principle
Materiality Principle
Conservatism Principle
Matching Principle
This principle postulates that the same accounting methods every accounting period.
Historical Cost Principle
Continuity/Going Concern Principle
Unit-of-measure Principle
Consistency Principle
This principle declares that all relevant and significant information should be included in financial statements.
Matching Principle
Business Entity Principle
Full-disclosure Principle
Materiality Principle
This principle states that any cost related to the revenue earned must be recorded in the same accounting period.
Materiality Principle
Revenue Recognition Principle
Objectivity Principle
Matching Principle
This principle notes that any accounts should be based on facts and not personal opinions or feelings.
Factual Principle
Objectivity Principle
Going Concern Principle
Historical Cost Principle
This principle declares that companies should record the original purchase price of assets, not the current selling price.
Consistency Principle
Historical Cost Principle
Objectivity Principle
Revenue Recognition Principle
This principle asserts that tiny and unimportant amounts do not need to be shown in financial statements/reporting.
Matching Principle
Conservatism Principle
Materiality Principle
Full-Disclosure Principle
This assumption affirms that all financial transactions should be conducted in a single monetary unit or currency.
Consistency Assumption
Separate Entity Assumption
Going Concern Assumption
Unit-of-measure Assumption
This assumption suggests that a business needs to be separated from its owners, creditors, and managers, and their assets.
Full-Disclosure Assumptions
Asset Consolidation Assumptions
Matching Business Assumptions
Business Entity Assumptions
This assumption states that the economic life of the business can be divided into time periods such as the financial year or a quarter of it.
Time-period Assumption
Historical Cost Assumption
Objectivity Assumption
Materiality Assumption
This assumption mentions that a business will continue into the future regardless of the value of the assets.
Conservatism Assumption
Going Concern Assumption
Consistency Assumption
Materiality Assumption
