The document discusses the principles of continuity, periodicity, and accrual accounting and why they are necessary for a company to account for transactions within accounting periods. These principles provide a foundation to properly record transactions and prevent mistakes. They allow a company to determine if improvements are needed, if the company had a loss, and when to take action, as continuity shows if a company is ongoing concern while periodicity and accrual accounting help allocate revenues and expenses to the proper accounting periods.
The document discusses the principles of continuity, periodicity, and accrual accounting and why they are necessary for a company to account for transactions within accounting periods. These principles provide a foundation to properly record transactions and prevent mistakes. They allow a company to determine if improvements are needed, if the company had a loss, and when to take action, as continuity shows if a company is ongoing concern while periodicity and accrual accounting help allocate revenues and expenses to the proper accounting periods.
The document discusses the principles of continuity, periodicity, and accrual accounting and why they are necessary for a company to account for transactions within accounting periods. These principles provide a foundation to properly record transactions and prevent mistakes. They allow a company to determine if improvements are needed, if the company had a loss, and when to take action, as continuity shows if a company is ongoing concern while periodicity and accrual accounting help allocate revenues and expenses to the proper accounting periods.
“Why are the concepts of continuity, periodicity, and accrual
accounting necessary for a company to account for transactions within the duration of accounting periods?” Because the concepts of these three tells where or when your company needs an assistant for preparing or interpreting an account for transaction. It provides a foundation to prevent a mistake when you are recording a transaction. It is necessary for a company the continuity because they will know if the company needs an improvement or the company has a loss. So, it easy to determined when you can take an action.