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A Level Accounting (9706)•9706/11/O/N/18
Question 1 from 9706/11/O/N/18

Explanation

Business entity separates owner from business

Steps:

  • Recognize drawings as owner's personal withdrawals from business assets.
  • Recall business entity concept treats business as distinct from owner.
  • Apply concept: Goods taken for personal use reduce business assets, recorded as drawings to maintain separation.
  • Eliminate other concepts that don't address owner-business distinction.

Why A is correct:

  • Business entity concept defines the business as a separate economic unit from its owner, requiring personal withdrawals like goods for own use to be recorded as drawings, not business expenses.

Why the others are wrong:

  • B. Materiality assesses if information is significant enough to influence decisions, unrelated to owner withdrawals.
  • C. Realisation recognizes revenue only when earned and realizable, not applicable to personal asset use.
  • D. Substance over form prioritizes economic reality over legal form in transactions, not specific to owner drawings.

Final answer: A

Topic: Types of business entity

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