according to the payables ledger account of Alta in Ordan’s records was only $230. Comparison of the statement and the ledger account revealed the following differences: 1 A cheque sent by Ordan for $270 has not been allowed for in Alta’s statement. 2 Alta has not allowed for goods returned by Ordan $180. 3 Ordan made a contra entry, reducing the amount due to Alta by $3,200, for a balance due from Alta in Ordan’s receivables ledger. No such entry has been made in Alta’s records. What difference remains between the two companies’ records after adjusting for these items?
(1) The entity concept requires that a business is treated as being separate from its owners. (2) The use of historical cost accounting tends to understate assets and profit when prices are rising. (3) The prudence concept means that the lowest possible values should be applied to income and assets and the highest possible values to expenses and liabilities. (4) The money measurement concept means that only assets capable of being reliably measured in monetary terms can be included in the balance sheet of a business.