Examples
Some examples of critical accounting policies are:
- A clothing retailer accounting for inventory taking into consideration the fact that a rough balance of sizes is necessary for any particular piece of clothing on the sales floor
- Bank's accounting for future unpaid loans
- A manufacturer or a store accounting for future returned items
- Mortgage companies accounting for mortgage servicing rights
- The estimate of bad debts
- Accounting for the value of derivatives
- Selecting an appropriate rate and method of depreciation of fixed assets
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