A Promise to Give Up Something of Value That a Person

question 29

True/False

A promise to give up something of value that a person has a legal right to keep or to agree to do something that he is not legally required to do is known as consideration.

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Definitions:

IAS 16

An International Accounting Standard that prescribes the accounting treatment for property, plant, and equipment including their recognition, determination of their carrying amounts, and the depreciation charges and impairment losses to be recognized in relation to them.

Government Grants

Financial assistance from the government in the form of transfers of resources to an entity in return for past or future compliance with certain conditions relating to the operating activities of the entity.

AASB 41

The Australian Accounting Standards Board’s standard related to agriculture, which outlines how agricultural companies should account for and report their agricultural activity.

IAS 41

International Accounting Standard 41 is a framework governing the accounting and reporting of agricultural activity.