Accounting Principles

Accounting Standards – CA Foundation Accounts Question 1.Need of Accounting StandardsAnswer:Need of Accounting Standards: Accounts gives information to various groups. The financial statement can serve the interest of different interest groups only if there is uniformity and full disclosure of relevant information. There are various alternatives regarding accounting treatment and valuation norms which may be […]

Accounting Concepts, Principles and Conventions – CA Foundation Accounts Study Material Question 1.What are Accounting Concepts, Principles & Conventions?Answer:Usually, accounting theories are expressed (referred) as Postulates, Concepts, Principles, Doctrines, Axioms, Rules, Standard, Assumptions, Canon etc. These are basic assumptions & norms on which the whole system of accounting is developed. These gives the basic structure […]

Meaning and Scope of Accounting – CA Foundation Accounts Study Material Question 1.What do you mean by Accounting? Give its definition.Answer:According to AICPA, “Accounting” is the art of recording, classifying and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money, transactions and events which are, in part at least, of a financial character, and […]