Conceptual Framework Flashcards

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Objective of financial reporting

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To provide financial information that is useful to users in making decisions relating to providing resources to the Entity

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When is information considered useful

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When it’s about the entity’s economic resources, claim against the entity and changes in those resources and claims

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What do decisions made by users involve

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Buying selling hold equity and debt instruments
providing or settling loans
exercising right to vote on or otherwise influence management actions

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What does the user assess

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Future cash flows

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Future cash flows

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The amount, timing, and uncertainty of (the prospects for) future net cash flow inflows in the entity

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Stewardship

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The management’s ability to effectively and efficiently perform its responsibility in using the entities resources
predicts the future
protect against unfavorable effects of economic factors
comply with laws, regulations, and contractual provisions

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Users of financial reports

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Existing and potential investors, lenders, and other creditors who rely on general purpose financial reports for financial information

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8
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Fundamental characteristics

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Relevance
Faithful representation

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Relevance

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Relevant information must have either predictive value or confirmatory value or both

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10
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Faithful representation

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If financial statements of free from error, neutral and complete

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Enhancing qualitative characteristics

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Comparability
Verifiability
Timeliness
Understandability

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Comparability

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Its ability to stand useful overtime against the financial information from other sources

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Verifiability

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provides assurance that the information faithfully represents what it purports to be representing

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Timeliness

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Having information available to decision-makers on times to be capable of influencing their decisions

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Understandability

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Information that should be clearly and concisely classified characterized and presented

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Cost constraints

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The benefit received from useful information needs to justify the cost involved in supplying the information

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17
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Objective of financial statements

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To provide information about the reporting entities assets liabilities Equity Income and expenses to meet objectives of Financial Reporting

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Information about POSITION

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Assets and liabilities

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Information about PERFORMANCE

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Income and Expenses

20
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Types of financial statements

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Consolidated Financial Statements
Unconsolidated Financial Statements
Combined Financial Statements

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Consolidated Financial Statements

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Provide information about assets, liabilities, equity, income, and expenses of both the parent and its subsidiary as a single reporting entity

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Unconsolidated financial statements

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Provide information about assets, liabilities, equity, income, and expenses of the parent only

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Combined financial statements

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Provide information about assets liabilities Equity Income and expenses of two or more entities that are not linked by a parent subsidiary relationship

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Asset

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A present economic resource controlled by an entity as a result of past events

25
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Economic resource

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An economic resource is a right that has the potential to produce economic benefits

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Liability

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A present obligation of the entity to transfer an economic resource as a result of past events

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Obligation

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A duty or responsibility that The Entity has no practical ability to avoid
Established by contract, legislation or similar means and are legally
enforceable by the party to whom they are owed

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TRANSFER of an economic resource

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only necessary that the obligation exists and only in one circumstance that obligation will result in the transfer

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Present obligation as a result of past events

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the entity has already obtained economic benefits
Taken action that creates the obligation

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Consequential test

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An entity will or may have to transfer an economic resource that it would not otherwise had to transfer

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Equity

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The residual interest in the asset of The Entity after deducting all its liabilities

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Income

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Increases in assets or decreases in liability that result in increases in equity, other than those relating to contribution from holders of equity claims

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Expenses

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Decreases and assets or increases in liabilities that results in decreases in equity other than those relating to distributions to holders of equity claims

34
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Recognition

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The process of capturing for inclusion in the statement of financial position or the statement of financial performance
An item that meets the definition of an element

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Recognition criteria

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Relevant information about elements
faithful representation because the aim is to provide information that is useful to investors, lenders and other creditors

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De-recognition

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The removal of all or part of a recognised asset or liability from an entity statement of financial position

37
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Measurement basis for assets

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Historical cost = transaction-based
fair value = market-based
value in use = Entity specific
current cost = replacement entity

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Measurement basis for liabilities

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Historical cost = transaction-based
fair value = market-based
fulfillment value = entity specific current cost = received to take on equivalent liability

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Fulfillment value

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Reflect entity specific current expectations about the amount, timing, and uncertainty of future cash flows to fulfill a liability

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Consideration of relevance

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Characteristics of the asset or liability
contribution to future cash flows

41
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Consideration of faithful representation

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Measurement inconsistency
measurement uncertainty

42
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Statement of profit or loss

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Primary source of information about an entity’s financial performance