Accountants Divide the Life of the Business into Arbitrary Time

question 22

Multiple Choice

Accountants divide the life of the business into arbitrary time periods of equal length:

• A) in order to prepare a balance sheet.
• B) in order to calculate comparable profit results.
• C) in order to prepare an income statement.
• D) because of the accounting entity assumption.

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