swamilook: "Accounting Conservatism" - A Doctrinare Concept ?

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/concept-true-nd-fair-how-much-swaminathan-venkataraman

To Dilate:
Proposition : No Statutory backing or Policy-backed necessity OR urge for any more of such concepts- especially, purely deserving to be dubbed outright, as doctrinaire..!

Musings (jotted) :

A/C-ing concepts galore, overwhelmingly numerous- many redundant, obsolete ?

Origin< double entry ; the rest are offshoots/ derivatives developed, thanks to the ingenuity of human mind, - with sky /horizon , nay beyond, being the limit- over the years, nay decades.

'Matching' is another such concept.

Ingenuity of human brain/ inventive, innovative

Most cannot be rightly called or regarded profoundly 'innovative', with a laudable purpose / objective to serve - for more than one reason, based on experience and wisdom gathered or remaining /left to be gathered in hindsight

‘Conservatism’, doctrinaire – may not pass muster as a principle, or ...innovative ( incremental or .. )

It is at best an off-shoot /derivative of the fundamental concept- provision- definition/connotation

A refinement – scientific evaluation- Metal Box SC case – 'actuarial valuation'

Others e.g.

'Known' Liability X >

< KNOWN ...( < Provision..) ?

Contingent Liability

Timing Difference

'Estimation' – conservative, not in the sense of liberal but ‘neutral’-

Ongoing concern – no need or expectation or requirement of any evaluation

For all practical purposes , accounting principles, as embodied in acceptable standards, guidance notes, so on -

only indicative, to be adopted as considered most suited to a given situation /circumstance, on a case to case basis

CJI – Kapadia’s lecture- Link

Subjectivity x objectivity - being pursued relentlessly , obstinately often with no proper application of mind- dependent upon the level, quality of individual intelligence, integrity, so on

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