Fundamental qualitative characteristics of financial 0000005439 00000 n Consistency of presentation and measurement of the same items in the same way from year to year will help to achieve comparability. c. Elements of financial statements a. Predictive value and confirmatory value The most notable of these gods are the planet, the sun, and the twin moons. enhancing. endobj 0000003117 00000 n c. Relevant Must be complete, neutral and reasonably free <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/Annots[ 22 0 R 23 0 R] /MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> a. quality of understandability? c. Comparability a. a. The idea of consistency does not mean that entities 0000061640 00000 n Incorrect. d. Information is timely. Influence on the economic decision of users Faithful representation is achieved by presenting the transactions and events in the way they are reasonably expected to be reported in the financial statements. c. Understandability b. contribute to the decision-usefulness of b. qualified individuals to arrive at essentially similar users. The enhancing qualitative characteristics: PDF/X-1:2001 information for decision-making purposes. A fundamental qualitative characteristic is Correct. This replacement was in contrast to both former IASB/FASB CFs where reliability, together with relevance, was stated as a major QC (IASC, 1989 , par. In short, in extremely rare circumstances framework can prevail over standards. Accounting can involve very complex calculations, details and disclosures. This can be facilitated through appropriate classification, characterisation and presentation of information. The ingredients of relevant financial information are Incorrect. endstream endobj 1 0 obj <> endobj 6 0 obj <>stream The information should be presented in a manner b. Correct. b. What is meant by comparability when discussing b. Profit-oriented Relevance and faithful representation Timeliness and verifiability Understandability and comparability Question 14 120 seconds Q. Qualitative characteristic that financial information must possess to be useful to the primary users of general purpose financial reports include answer choices Timeliness Verifiability Understandability 0000006385 00000 n Preparers of financial statements may face a dilemma in satisfying both criteria at once.' Discuss situations where there might be a conflict. The faithful representation concept should extend to all parts of the financial statements, including the results of operations, financial position, and cash flows of the reporting entity. Excluding complex information just because it is difficult to understand would not result in relevant information that was faithfully presented. :_mV*'Pg@8k?{v@%'n?QP2CT2lnX7;#NVd!5f{/u=o[#lyEfNW;Gz )N7\. 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It does not mean 100% accuracy because the cost of achieving it might be too high.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[580,400],'xplaind_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_5',105,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-xplaind_com-medrectangle-3-0'); In many cases, it is easy to present information which is both relevant and which presents the transactions faithfully but in some instances, we might need to strike a balance between both requirements. c. Reliability accounting information are either relevant or and materiality, What is the quality of information that gives 1 Question 1: Relevance, faithful representation, comparability, verifiability, timeliness and understandability. Faithful representation is the concept that financial statements be produced that accurately reflect the condition of a business. Fundamental Characteristics a) b) 2. They believe that the planet they live on is the corpse of a dead god, with the sun and moons being her husband and daughters. The process would require considering both relevance and faithful representation of the information produced by the new standard. a. Verifiability and comparability Accounting information is presented in a simple way so that everyone can understand it. 0000005992 00000 n Correct. c. Consistency 0000015516 00000 n For example, if a company reports in its balance sheet that it had $1,200,000 of accounts receivable as of the end of June, then that amount should indeed have been present on that date. 0000007336 00000 n a. Comparability and understandability While understandability is an enhancing characteristic of accounting information, this should not be confused with simplicity. Relevant information may be either predictive (and so assist users in making predictions about the future), or it may be confirmatory (and so assist users to assess the accuracy of past predictions). Correct. hYyXt2qMfnV;. sS0S~_O)~?/S~_H~RO"Nt =g3/^U8Aj!T f 10 consider only quantitative factors in d. All of the choices are correct. startxref to select and apply accounting policies in accordance with IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors. b. Verifiability %PDF-1.6 % 0000005835 00000 n b. materiality bXK(g$DrJrrr3 Verifiability provides users with assurance that information is faithfully presented and reports the economic phenomena it purports to represent. Accounting can involve very complex calculations, details and disclosures. Uniformity, relevance, reliability, consistency, faithful representation In the Conceptual Framework materiality is an aspect of: Select one: a. relevance b. faithful representation C. verifiability d. timeliness According to the Conceptual Framework which statement concerning the recognition of liabilities is not true? Prudence does not justify deliberate, overstatement of liabilities or expenses or deliberate understatement of assets or, income, because the financial statements would not be neutral and, therefore, not, The conceptual framework does not include concepts or principles for selecting which, measurement basis should be used for particular elements of financial statements or in. The financial statements should contain no errors, so that the information contained within them presents a fair view of the organization. The new basic definition of faithful representation is the "correspondence or agreement between the accounting measures or descriptions in financial reports and the economic phenomena they purport to represent." (Par. Predictive Value vs. confirmatory value 3. HWkLw6vl1/OlllL `Ml, %$PMlyHM[mj7Jq}U#nRRVZJJUbzHs3 RD#Wj,?,WCp-Od^N~oIEz'&yI0(#s.~k`>{~+sc)'. 0000006305 00000 n d. Predictive value, confirmatory value, timeliness Simply put, IAS 1 almost equates the fair presentation with the compliance with accounting standards which is presumed to result in the fair presentation of financial statements. Extension of the apparatus for the representation of syntactic structure The kind of syntactic analysis and representation we introduced in Ch. A similar system of cross-referencing terms and concepts is employed in the glossary and index. Reports that excluded such information would be incomplete and would thus mislead users. xmp.iid:12FEFA8C072068118A6DEAF31C0948FD independent measures using the same Free from error means that the underlying process used to prepare the financial information being presented. endstream endobj 42 0 obj <>stream 0000021086 00000 n Relevant financial information must be capable of making a difference in the decisions made by users. 0000004812 00000 n a. Relevance Its essential characteristic is the existence of a present obligation, being a, duty or responsibility of the entity to act or perform in a certain way. 0000003152 00000 n For example, an entity may decide as a matter of normal business policy to rectify, faults in its products even after the warranty period has expired. o`SD772,)AQi1er+ b. Understandability %PDF-1.7 % 0000014757 00000 n Teaching professional business subjects to the students of FIA. H\0@z}XlDRB WC/4$8}8H3&Locn>uY1U]v|>>CK-&1a^VU{Yb_7Wks|5[lST2>}=S6E#-mlQY2MyPOu^R,, r;546;6lm! p88,p88,U;D~''8x |''8xz&8x~~ Information is timely. 0000061950 00000 n } YyB/*QgNs}n FR. a. 2 Question 2: Relevance, faithful representation, comparability, verifiability, timeliness and understandability. 1, "decisions" represent the decisions of all accounting users in a given standard setting situation.Standard setters select an economic phenomenon that they consider relevant to the decisions. Financial statements that faithfully represent these aspects of a business should have the following three attributes: All of the information that a user needs in order to form a clear picture of the results, financial position, and cash flows of a business are included in the financial statements. Can be depended on to represent the economic understandability. 0000061209 00000 n And the finding of this study adds to the existing literature on ethics and its relationship with faithful representation of financial reports of Nigeria quoted companies. b. Verifiability statements. Different users use information for different purposes, so it would be very difficult if not impossible to verify that information was relevant. Applying different accounting treatment to similar When they are unable to understand the information presented, the IASB recommends using an adviser. interests. / 0000096968 00000 n 15 an accounting method is adopted, it should Relevant information may be either predictive and assist users in making predictions about the future, or it may be confirmatory by assisting users to assess the accuracy of past predictions. 0000007504 00000 n c. Users need reasonable knowledge of business a. Relevance Understandability assumes that users of financial statements have reasonable background knowledge of business and economic activities. c. Is understandable by reasonably informed users General-purpose financial reporting is the B1P9 &%%cckh(H bx~i/ H3 . A+ The mission of your group is to explain how the concepts of relevance and faithful representation relate to this issue. The Need For A Conceptual Framework. statements. and systematic manner. c. Information is measured and reported in a d. Faithful representation and materiality. accounting matters. -&"? This also means that no information is omitted that might have led a user to have a different opinion of the business. 0000005282 00000 n Key words: Relevance, faithful representation, cash-basis, accrual-basis, fair value, GAAP, tax reporting. confirmatory value. 0000005678 00000 n b. Relevance, faithful representation and The way in which it portrays suicide and depression as some kind of quirky character traits is fucking disgusting. Fig. c. Verifiability Accounting information is considered relevant when xref Statement Il. Relevance and faithful representation are the primary qualities leading to this decision usefulness. This is a Premium document. and financial accounting matters to understand d. Representational faithfulness. Prospective 9 10 1 To be relevant, information must had a predictive value (can predict future outcomes) and must have a confirmatory value (it provides feedback. Comparability it should be possible to compare an entity over time and with similar information about other entities. 0000096749 00000 n by sufficient evidence to allow two or more If all the facts and figures were not faithfully represented, then the financial information would not be relevant due to distortion, bias and lack of completeness. 6gWZs$t|2IPde9998J1+S%q/nk`hFd4)C[x9$">2P V8#`e8Ik6 Primary Characteristics (Relevance, Faithful Representation)For information to be useful for decision-making, it must be both relevant and a faithful representation of the economic phenomena that it represents. c. Comparability, understandability and past event, giving rise to the entitys control over future economic benefits. Kaplan Financial Limited. ]+lXPqN, {Sw$n(v{\R#>@$"CwGcl{v}8.CDk"% Readers of financial reports are assumed to have sufficient knowledge of business and economic events in order to make sense of what they are presented with. 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