Paragraph 4 Accounting principlesI1
United Kingdom
The amount of any item must be determined on a prudent basis, and in particular:
Subject to note (9) on the income and expenditure accounts format, only income arising by the balance sheet date must be included in the income and expenditure account; and
all liabilities F1... which have arisen ... in respect of the financial year to which the accounts relate or a previous financial year must be taken into account, including those which only become apparent between the balance sheet date and the date on which it is signed on behalf of the committee of management in pursuance of section 76 of the Act.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(b) omitted (1.10.2005 with effect as respects financial years which begin on or after 1.1.2005 and end on or after October 2005) by virtue of The Friendly Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2210), regs. 1(2), 2(7)
Commencement
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Sch. 6 para. 4 in force at 1.9.1994, see reg. 1