Question

Capitalizing goodwill only when it is purchased in an arm's-length transaction, and not capitalizing any goodwill generated internally, is an example of...(a)Accrual accounting winning out over cash-basis accounting.(b)GAAP winning out over IFRS.(c)Faithful representation winning out over relevance.(d)Financial accounting winning out over managerial accounting.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is (C)

Explanation:

They are the two crucial characteristics that are general used to make accounting data more useful to make long-term decisions. To be exact, faithful representation helps to attain the relevant data for the company and this quality enhances the reliability of financial data. Completeness, fairness and free of error these three characteristic are a part of faithful representation of data.