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SEPARATE ENTITY ASSUMPTION [1 record]

Record 1 2006-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Corporate Management (General)
DEF

The accounting concept which views an accounting entity as being separate, distinct and apart from its owners.

OBS

Compare to "proprietorship concept".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
DEF

Hypothèse fondamentale portant sur la relation entre, d'une part, l'entreprise et, d'autre part, son propriétaire exploitant, ses associés ou ses actionnaires, en vertu de laquelle on constate une existence propre à chacun, permettant de comptabiliser l'activité de l'entreprise d'une manière séparée de son propriétaire exploitant, de ses associés, de ses actionnaires ou de toute autre entité économique.

Spanish

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