Question: (Implications of differences in measurement focus and basis of accounting)
1. Explain the meaning of measurement focus and basis of accounting.
2. Discuss the difference between the economic resources measurement focus and the current financial resources measurement focus. Describe how using the two measurement focuses results in different accounting treatments for the acquisition and subsequent use of capital assets.
3. Discuss the difference between the accrual basis of accounting and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Describe how using the two bases of accounting result in different accounting treatments for the recognition and measurement of property tax revenues.