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The ‘physical capital maintenance’ concept states that profit is the increase in the physical productive
capacity of the business over the period. This concept is applied in:
A Current cost accounting
B Historical cost accounting
C Current value accounting
D Current purchasing power accountingIn the text book, there is only Historical cost accounting and current value accounting and the answer is A. Current cost accounting – which confused me …
Hi,
Current cost accounting is where we would look at the price of the item in today’s value. So we may have bought a specialist asset at 10,000 several years ago (historic cost) but today it would cost us 12,000 (say).
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Hello,
Then what’s the difference between Current Cost Accounting and Current Value Accounting?
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