Conceptual Framework Flashcards
Objective of financial reporting
To provide financial information that is useful to users in making decisions relating to providing resources to the Entity
When is information considered useful
When it’s about the entity’s economic resources, claim against the entity and changes in those resources and claims
What do decisions made by users involve
Buying selling hold equity and debt instruments
providing or settling loans
exercising right to vote on or otherwise influence management actions
What does the user assess
Future cash flows
Future cash flows
The amount, timing, and uncertainty of (the prospects for) future net cash flow inflows in the entity
Stewardship
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
Users of financial reports
Existing and potential investors, lenders, and other creditors who rely on general purpose financial reports for financial information
Fundamental characteristics
Relevance
Faithful representation
Relevance
Relevant information must have either predictive value or confirmatory value or both
Faithful representation
If financial statements of free from error, neutral and complete
Enhancing qualitative characteristics
Comparability
Verifiability
Timeliness
Understandability
Comparability
Its ability to stand useful overtime against the financial information from other sources
Verifiability
provides assurance that the information faithfully represents what it purports to be representing
Timeliness
Having information available to decision-makers on times to be capable of influencing their decisions
Understandability
Information that should be clearly and concisely classified characterized and presented
Cost constraints
The benefit received from useful information needs to justify the cost involved in supplying the information