A Basic Assumption of Accounting That Requires Activities of an Entity

question 3

Multiple Choice

A basic assumption of accounting that requires activities of an entity be kept separate from the activities of its owner is referred to as the

• A) stand alone concept.
• B) monetary unit assumption.
• C) corporate form of ownership.
• D) economic entity assumption.

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Definitions:

Salvage Value

The estimated residual value of an asset after its useful life has ended.

Marriage Penalty

In the tax system, the phenomenon that a two-income married couple pays more tax than the sum of two single people making the same money.

Two-Income Married Couples

Households in which both spouses earn income from employment.

Taxes

Mandatory financial charges or other types of levies imposed upon a taxpayer by a governmental organization.