LAPORAN KEUANGAN
4) Periodicity Assumption
To measure the results of a company’s activity accurately, we
would need to wait until it liquidates, decision makers, however,
can-not wait that long for such information.
Users need to know a company’s performance and economic
status on a timely basis so that they can evaluate and compare
companies , and take appropriation action companies must
report information periodically.
Implies that a company can divide its economic activities into
artificial time period, that is vary, but the most common are
monthly, quarterly, and yearly.
The shorter the time period, the more difficult (the less realiable,
the most relevant) it is to determine the proper income for the
period. provides an interesting example of the trade-off
between relevance and faithful representation in preparing
financial data.
7) Constraints (keterbatasan)
a. Cost constraint
b. Materiality constraint.