Accountants help make sure that a firm is run efficiently, that its records are maintained accurately, and that its
taxes are paid properly and in a ....... manner.
The P & L monograph of 1940 promulgated the "....... principle", which places primary emphasis on the
correspondence of costs with the revenues that they produce.
In 1939, the AIA recommended the phrasing, "present fairly in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles" in the standard form of the ....... report.
In 1934, the U.S. Congress created the Securities and ....... Commission (SEC), giving it the authority to
prescribe the methods used in preparing financial statements.
It is relatively unimportant to investors what reporting method is used by a company, so long as they are
assured that it is followed ....... every year.
After the Stock Market ....... of 1929, the American Institute of Accountants introduced five broad principles of
accounting which have won fairly general acceptance.
Accountants cannot express the opinion that financial statements are "in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles" if such information includes any ....... from these principles.