Accounting Concepts

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aLevel Business - Finance Mind Map on Accounting Concepts, created by hannahsophie.austin on 14/06/2013.
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Accounting Concepts
  1. Going Concern: -
    1. The assumption that the Business is going to continue in the foreseeable future.
    2. Accruals (Matching): -
      1. The matching of costs and revenues to the final accounts in which goods and services were used.
      2. Consistency: -
        1. The continued adoption of policies for dealing with financial records.
        2. Prudence: -
          1. Where losses are provided for immediately in the financial records but profits are not recognised until they have been realised.
          2. Materiality: -
            1. Where items with a low monetary are not recorded individually.
            2. Duality: -
              1. The principle that every business transaction has two aspects and is recorded as a DEBIT and a CREDIT.
              2. Business Entity: -
                1. The assets and liabilities of the owner are kept separate from the assets and liabilities of the Business.
                2. Realisation: -
                  1. Where revenue is regarded as having been received only when the ownership of goods are exchanged and where a sale is recorded when it is either a cash or credit purchase.
                  2. Money Measurement: -
                    1. Where only items with a monetary value are recorded in the financial records of a business.
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