February 2007
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 32m
English
Recall that financial statements report company’s resources—including most balance sheet items—at their historical (acquisition) cost.
By not allowing assets to be overstated, the historical cost principle is an example of conservatism.
Governed by the historical cost principle, the balance sheet does not report the true market value of a company, only its resources and funding at their historical cost.
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