SOME CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ON REALITY AND ASSUMPTIONS IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Stanley Salvary

Microeconomics from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper addresses two problematic issues arising from the importation of terms into financial accounting: (1) the nature of economic reality; and (2) the role of assumptions. These two issues have stirred a lot of controversy relating to financial accounting measurements and affect attestation reports. This paper attempts to provide conceptual clarity on these two issues.

Keywords: Economic reality; audit opinion; Savings and Loan Associations; aggregative analysis; planning data; simplifying assumptions; going concern; liquidating concern; realization. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 D2 D3 D4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2005-02-21
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