Explain Why It Is Necessary to Allocate the Preliminary Judgment

question 65

Essay

Explain why it is necessary to allocate the preliminary judgment about materiality to individual accounts (segments) in the financial statements. Also explain why allocating to balance sheet accounts is more common than allocating to income statement accounts.

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