uniform accounting

uniform accounting
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a system by which different organizations in the same industry adopt common concepts, principles, and assumptions in order to facilitate interfirm comparison, or a system of classifying financial accounts in a similar manner within defined business sectors of a national economy, to ensure comparability

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