Kernrechtsfrage
Whether rent claims from prior years could be booked only in the 2000 financial statements.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Rent accrued in earlier years had to be recorded in the corresponding year; belated booking in 2000 was not permissible, including as a later catch-up of provisions.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under the accrual, periodicity and prudence principles, expenses must be allocated to the period in which they arise or become sufficiently foreseeable. The company had to expect rent for the premises and should at least have formed adequate provisions earlier.