objectives and qualitative characteristics Flashcards

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Replacement cost

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amt of $ that would hbave to be paid if the came asset were acquired currently

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Comphensive Income

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SFAC6 over the life of an entity CI=the net of its cash receipt and cash outlays, excl $ invested by its owners or distributed to them

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Conceptual framework outline

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Intended to stablish the objectives and concepts for use in developing standarts of financial accounting and reporting.
framework does not constitute gaap, is constitution for developing GAAP
1.- Objective of financial reporting
2.- qualitative Characteristics for Acct information
3.- accounting assumptions
4.- Basic accounting assumptions
5.- cost Constraint
6.- Elements of financial stmt

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objective for financial reporting is

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-provide info that is useful to economic decisions. a
bout entity current and future users of the financial Stmts who are making credit and investment decisions
-usefuel info includes

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Primary qualitative characteristics

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For info to be useful has to be relevant and faithful

    • Relevance PCM 2.- faithful representation(CNF
      a. Predictive Value a. Completness
      b. confimatory Value b. Neutrality
      c. Materiality f. Free from error
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Enhacing Qualitative Characteristics

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CVTU

  1. Comparability
  2. Verifiability
  3. Timeliness
  4. Understandability
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Relevance over Faithful representation

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Depr, bad debt exp, pension estimates

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Faithful representation over Relevance

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use of historical cos as a valuation base

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