Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Financial Statements of a Company

Question:
Personal opinion, judgements and estimates are made while preparing the financial statements to avoid any possibility of...................... of assets and liabilities, income and expenditure, keeping in mind the convention of conservatism.
Options:
Error
Overstatement
Understatement
None of these
Correct Answer:
Overstatement
Explanation:
While deciding either cost of inventory or market value of inventory, many personal judgements are to be made based on certain considerations. Personal opinion, judgements and estimates are made while preparing the financial statements to avoid any possibility of over statement of assets and liabilities, income and expenditure, keeping in mind the convention of conservatism.