In light of the full disclosure principle, investors and creditors need to know the balance for assets, liabilities, and equity as well as the accounting policies adopted by the manager to measure the items reported in the balance sheet.
Prepare your responses to the following. Use FASB Codification and provide Codification references to your responses.
1. Identify the literature that addresses the disclosure of accounting policies
2. How are accounting policies defined in the literature?
3. What are three scenarios that would result in detailed disclosue of the accounting methods used.
4. What are some examples of common disclosures that are required under this statement?