The accounting concept of profit

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The accounting concept of profit is:

  • Accrual based
  • Hindsight oriented
  • One period
  • Only interest taken into account (not full cost of capital).
    • The cost of capital is severely underestimated in the accounting concept of profit
  • Reporting to the outside world