What are the important objectives of accounting? I. To maintain records of a business II. Calculation of profit or loss III. Depiction of financial position IV. To make information available to various groups and users.
A
I and II
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B
I and III
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C
I, II and III
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D
I, II, III and IV
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Solution
The correct option is D I, II, III and IV Definition of accounting is:
" Accounting is an art of recording, classifying and summarizing in terms of money transactions and events of a financial character and interpreting the results thereof"
It specifies that, accounting starts when all the business transactions are recorded. Accounting provides detailed information on financial position of the business to all the interested stake holders. The interested stake holders are creditors, lenders, customers, present and potential investors.