Limitations of Accounting
Although accounting may be heralded as being the language of the business, it is definitely not error free. This has been highlighted by the fact that accounting scams have occurred one after the other for many years. In fact, even after stricter regulation and tightening of accounting rules, accounting scams just dont cease to stop.
As a student and practitioner of accounting, it is therefore imperative to know the limitations of accounting. Knowledge of limitations helps to factor them in and work with them. Here are the major limitations of accounting.
Despite its limitations, the importance of accounting is unquestionable. It is difficult to imagine running a firm without accounting.
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