Question

Different companies using the same accounting principles is an example of _________________. For instance, this occurs when two different companies both use the accrual accounting rather than cash-basis accounting or when both companies use the same method to compute depreciation rather than using two different methods.

Answer 1

Answer: Comparability

Explanation: Financial statements of an organisation indicates the position of the business on the market and what are its future prospects. Thus, every organisation markets have to follow same accounting principles while preparing financial statements so that investors in the market could compare different alternatives.

Hence the given statement is an example of comparability.