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Complementedbytheaccrualaccountingprincipleisthematchingprinciple.
Itmeansasubstantiveandtemporarycomplianceofcostsandlosseswithrev-
enuesandprofitsincludedinthecalculationofthefinancialresultachievedby
theeconomicunitinagivenfinancialyear
.Thematchingconceptisbasedon
theaccountingperiodconcept.(Todeterminetheprofitorlossofafirm,andto
ascertainitsfinancialposition,profitandlossaccountsandbalancesheetsare
preparedatregularintervalsoftime,usuallyattheendofeachyear).Theexpen-
dituresofafirmforaparticularaccountingperiodaretobematchedwiththe
revenueofthesameaccountingperiodtoascertainaccurateprofitorlossofthe
firmforthesameperiod.14
Theprincipleofunitofmeasurementstatesthateveryeconomicoperation
recordedbytheaccountingsystemshouldbeexpressedusingamonetarymea-
sure.Thereforeinaccounting,onlythosebusinesstransactionsarerecorded
whichcanbeexpressedintermsofmoney.Inotherwords,afactoratransaction
oranoccurrencewhichcannotbeexpressedintermsofmoneyisnotrecorded
intheaccountbooks.Asmoneyisacceptednotonlyasamediumofexchange
butalsoasastoreofvalue,ithasaveryimportantadvantagesinceanumberof
assets,liabilitiesandequities,whichareotherwisedifferent,canbemeasured
andexpressedintermsofacommondenominator.15
Theprincipleofhistoricalcoststatesthattheassetsandliabilitiesofanentity
andexpensesincurredbyitaremeasuredattheamountofcashorcashequiva-
lentstransferredoracquired.Thismeansthattheyaremeasuredatthevalue
recordedontheacquisitiondateandarereportedinthefinancialstatementsin
thisvalue.Thebasicmethodsofmeasurementaccordingtothehistoricalcost
principlearethepurchasepricemethodandtheproductioncostmethod.At
present,thereisatendencyofdepartingfromstrictadherencetothehistorical
costprinciplewhenmakingavaluationasatthebalancesheetdateinfavorof
aconceptbasedonareplacementvalue,usingthemarketpricemethodorthe
fairvaluemethod.16
Theprudenceprinciplemeansthehighestpossible(butrealistic)estimation
ofthecosts,lossesandliabilitiesofabusinessentity,andasimultaneouscareful
pricingoftheachievedrevenuesandprofitsandthevalueofitsassets.Itisapol-
icyofplayingsafe.Theresultofapplyingtheprudenceprincipleisthecreation
ofvarioustypesofprovisionsorwrite-downs.Provisionsforlossesareprovided
asapolicyofconservatism.Underthispolicy,provisionsaremadefordoubtful
debtsaswellascontingentliabilities.Theprudenceprincipledoesnotauthorize
14Ibidem,p.33.
15Rachunkowość.Rachunkowośćisprawozdawczośćfinansowa,op.cit.,p.97.
16Ibidem,p.98.
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