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Accounting Policies

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the specific accounting methods selected and consistently followed by an entity as being, in the opinion of the management, appropriate to its circumstances and best suited to present fairly its results and financial position. For example, from the various possible methods of depreciation, the accounting policy may be to use straight line depreciation.

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