Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a Company Can Choose a Cost

question 2

Multiple Choice

Under generally accepted accounting principles, a company can choose a cost flow assumption for valuing cost of goods sold that can result in different income measurement. However, it can't frequently change the cost flow assumption adopted in order to measure the highest income possible because of the:

• A) conservativism principle.
• B) going concern principle.
• C) stable-dollar principle.
• D) consistency principle.

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