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Atthebeginning,thesechangesresulteddirectlyfromtheexperienceofpractitio-
ners,howeverwiththepassageoftime,thebasiswasfoundinparticulartheoreti-
calconcepts.10
1.2.Accounfingprinciples
Accountingprinciplesarebasicstandardsandrulesofconductinthesystem
ofrecordingbusinesstransactionsandfinancialreporting.Atthebasisofthese
principlesliestheconceptoftrueandfairviewknownalsoasfairpresentation.
ThisconceptwasoriginallyappliedinBritishaccountinglaw.Thesourcesofthe
conceptofa“trueandfaithfulimageofanenterprise”shouldbesoughtinthe
ethicalapproachtoaccounting(readmoreinsubchapter2.2).Theprincipleof
atrueandfairviewofanenterpriseisthereferencepointfortheentireaccount-
ingsystemandallotheraccountingprinciplesaresubordinatedtothisprinciple.
Amongthemshouldbedistinguishedfundamentalprinciples,namely:thegoing
concernprincipleandtheaccrualprinciple,aswellassuperiorprinciples,i.e.
thematchingprinciple,theprincipleofunitofmeasurement,theprincipleof
historicalcostandtheprincipleofprudence.
Theexplanationoftheessenceoftheseprinciplesrequiresareferencetothe
entity’sorreportingunit’sconceptofaccounting.Theconceptoftheentityas-
sumesthatthesubjectofaccountinginterestiseveryentityseparatedfromthe
environmentandseparatedfromitsownersandotherentities.Suchanentitymay
beanaturalpersons,anundertaking,acivil-lawcompany,acommercialcompany,
acooperative,afoundation,agroupconsistingofseveralcapitalcompanies.11
Theprincipleofgoingconcernassumesthattheentitywillcontinueopera-
tionsintheforeseeablefutureinanundiminishedextent,withouttheneedfor
puttingitintoliquidationorbankruptcy.ItshouldbenotedthatIgoingconcern’is
notthecontinuation,ortherunningofbusinessatallcosts.Continuationmakes
senseifitallowsthecompanyanditsownerstoachievetheplannedeconomic
tasksinthefuture.Thus,theaccountingsystemmustprovideareliableevalua-
tionoftheevidenceofthechancesallowingtoachievethebusinessobjectives.12
Thatassessmentalsorequiresconsiderationofallavailableexternalinformation
aboutthefuture,usuallyforaperiodofoneyearfromthebalancesheetdate.
Theaccuracyoftheevaluationdependsonthespecificsituationofthecompany.
10E.Wysłocka,op.cit.,p.73.
11Rachunkowość.Rachunkowośćisprawozdawczośćfinansowa,collectivework,edited:
E.Walińska,WoltersKluwer,Warszawa2014,p.88.
12T
.Kondraszuk,Politykarachunkowościazasadakontynuacjidziałania,ZeszytyTeoretyczne
Rachunkowości,no60(116),2011,p.193.
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