VCE Accounting Unit 3. Video of this presentation can be found on my YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf5jyuJoYwie8tWfvjEc0zg.

1. 1.8
GOING CONCERN
PRINCIPLE

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The Rules of Accounting
Relevance
Reliability
Comparability
Understandability
Entity
Historical cost
Going concern
Reporting period
Monetary unit
Conservatism
Consistency
Qualitative Characteristics Accounting Principles
1.8 GOING CONCERN PRINCIPLE

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Going Concern Principle
1.8 GOING CONCERN PRINCIPLE
Definition:
The business is assumed to go on and exist forever.
The business will continue as a “going concern” for an indefinite or
infinite period

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Going Concern Principle
 What is the purpose of this principal? It allows the firm to split its Assets
into:
 Current: will be converted to cash or consumed within the next 12 months
 Non-Current: will be converted to cash or consumed after the next 12 months
Today
1.8 GOING CONCERN PRINCIPLE

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Going Concern Principle
 Even if the owner intends to sell the business in 6 months time, it is
still assumed that the firm will go on forever
 That way items like premises, vehicles and machinery are classified as non-
current assets
Today
Owner intends to sell the business
in 6 months time…
6 months
from today
1.8 GOING CONCERN PRINCIPLE

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Going Concern Principle
 E.g. a business plans to cease
operations within the next year
 Even though it is closing, some
Assets are always classified as
Non-Current:
 Premises
 Vehicles
 Machinery
 Equipment
 Computers
Mausy’s Motors: Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2015
Current Assets $
Cash at bank 10,000
Stock 20,000
Premises 500,000
Office equipment 40,000
Vehicles 80,000
Mausy’s Motors: Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2015
Current Assets $
Cash at bank 10,000
Stock 20,000
Premises 500,000
Office equipment 40,000
Vehicles 80,000
Mausy’s Motors: Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2015
Current Assets $
Cash at bank 10,000
Stock 20,000
Non-Current Assets
Premises 500,000
Office equipment 40,000
Vehicles 80,000
1.8 GOING CONCERN PRINCIPLE

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