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''Accounting.''  
''Accounting.''  


The accounting principle that income and assets should only be recognised when they are reasonably certain, whilst expenses and liabilities should always be recognised whenever they are probable.
The accounting practice of recognising income and assets only when they are reasonably certain, whilst recognising expenses and liabilities whenever they are probable.




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[[Category:Accounting_and_Reporting]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

Revision as of 13:09, 28 September 2014

Accounting.

The accounting practice of recognising income and assets only when they are reasonably certain, whilst recognising expenses and liabilities whenever they are probable.


See also