IASB’s Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting I am from England‚ and here in the UK‚ unlike most countries‚ our system of government has no comprehensive written constitution. Many countries do have such constitutions and in these circumstances the laws of the land are shaped and influenced by the constitution. Now while the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is not a country it does have a sort of constitution‚ in the form of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting
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Regulatory framework for financial reporting Introduction In the next couple of pages the author will firstly discuss the main advantages of the crossroad growing adoption of IFRS‚ and how does it particularly benefit investors and managers. The author will also be discussing the most significant challenges of the adoption and expansion of the IFRS in the future. Further more the author will‚ suggest how the IASB and its key constituents should face these challenges and overcome them. IFRS
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Conceptual Framework The Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting The Conceptual Framework was issued by the IASB in September 2010. It superseded the Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements. © IFRS Foundation A21 Conceptual Framework CONTENTS paragraphs FOREWORD THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING INTRODUCTION Purpose and status Scope CHAPTERS 1 2 3 4 The objective of general purpose financial reporting The reporting entity to be added Qualitative
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING SCOPE OF THE FRAMEWORK The existing framework deals with the ■ Objectives of financial statements; ■ Qualitative characteristics of financial statements; ■ Elements of financial statements; ■ Underlying Assumptions; ■ Recognition of the elements of financial statements; ■ Measurement of the elements of financial statements; and ■ Concepts of capital and capital maintenance OBJECTIVES The objective of general purpose financial reporting.
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Regulatory and Conceptual Framework I am going to analyse and evaluate the conceptual and regulatory framework of financial reporting. In order to do this I will look at the objective of financial statements‚ identify the users of financial statements‚ explain the conceptual framework for financial reporting‚ look at the regulatory framework for financial accounting and finally look at the three ways of achieving accounting comparability. According to IAS Plus website‚ 2011‚ the objective of financial
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Contents Conceptual framework for financial reporting Objectives 2.1 Why a conceptual framework? 2.2 IASB Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements 2.2.1 The objective of financial statements 2.2.2 Stewardship as an objective of financial statements: the current debate 2.2.3 Underlying assumptions 2.2.4 A note on the ‘going concern’ assumption 2.2.5 Qualitative characteristics of financial reporting information 2.2.6 Constraints on financial reporting 2.3 Elements
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24/07/2013 Overview of ACCT2011 Institutional and Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting Week 1 Lecture Schedule of weekly topics › UoS Outline Assessment › Mid-semester test (7 Sep 2013) 40% 60% › Final exam (final exam period) ACCT2011 Financial Accounting A Dr Eagle Zhang › Please note: You must achieve at least 40% in the final exam to pass the unit AND get an overall mark of 50% or more. 1 4 Overview of ACCT 2011 1. Applying specific accounting standards: • interpreting
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short paper shall assess the significance of conceptual-primacy to the process of developing a conceptual-framework for financial reporting. Furthermore‚ we shall explore how conceptual-framework producers‚ such as the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)‚ have treated conceptual-primacy‚ and seek to determine whether or not they have made the correct choice in their treatment. ‘Conceptual-primacy are concepts that are used to define
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Introduction Financial accounting is branch of accountancy that deals with the financial statements which helps in informing public as well other concerned people who are not involved in day to day working of a company‚ about its current financial performance. Different stages involved in financial accounting are governed by certain standards set by organisations such as The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The standards made by IASB are known
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Info Conceptual Framework — IASB-FASB joint project Background At their joint meeting in October 2004‚ the IASB and the US FASB decided to add to their respective agendas a joint project to develop a common conceptual framework‚ based on and built on both the existing IASB Framework and the FASB Conceptual Framework‚ that both Boards would use as a basis for their accounting standards. The two boards reached the following tentative decisions about the approach to the project: * The project
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