Prudence principle and students' perception on measurement in financial reporting

Abstract

Prudence principle belongs to traditionally generally accepted accounting principles and is closely linked with another accounting principle going concern in the foreseeable future. Both of these accounting principles, based on which accounting systems are built, have one common denominator; it is measurement as one of the basic methodological elements of accounting. The fundamental problem in the use of the above instruments of prudence principle is a strong dependency of accounting of the companies on tax incidences. Paper also provides an analysis focusing on knowledge of Czech university graduates in the area of accounting measurement and perceptions in relation to a series of transformation processes taking place at national and international level. The employed research methodology relies on implementing a questionnaire survey. Paper documents relatively good knowledge of local accounting legislature, however the huge knowledge gap in international legislature.