Applying Principles and Assumptions Identify the accounting assumption or principle that best supports the accounting decisions in 1 through 8. Hint: An answer may be used more than once. Accounting decision Accounting assumption or principle 1. Land is reported on the balance sheet, as a total of two purchase amounts (for land purchased 20 years ago and land purchased in the current year). Measurement 2. The rationale for a company's change in depreciation methods, as well as the financial Full disclosure statement impact, is explained in a note accompanying the financial statements. 3. The company is assumed to exist over at least the period of time its building is being depreciated, which is 40 years. 4. A parent company is consolidated with a wholly owned subsidiary to produce consolidated financial statements. 5. Cost of goods sold is recorded at the same time as the related product is sold. 6. The depreciable cost of equipment is allocated to expense over the useful life of the equipment. 7. A public company reports financial results for each quarter and year-end. 8. A company records a liability for receipt of a payment related to a service to be performed next month. Check Going concern Revenue recognition Periodicity Periodicity P