The Conceptual Framework of Financial Reporting | Ch 1 FAR 1

The ""conceptual framework"" in chapter one of Financial Accounting and Reporting 1. Because it's really difficult to learn but ... necessary, I guess study guide / notes.

What is the conceptual framework?

The net of both theoretical and conceptual issues which provide an underlying structure for financial accounting and reporting standards. The “rules net”, so to speak.

How is the conceptual framework organized?

The conceptual framework is organized into 5 components.
1) The Objective of financial reporting
2) The Qualitative Characteristics of financial reporting information

• Relevance (3)

• Faithful representation (3)

• Enhancing (5)

3) Constraints: Cost effectiveness
4) Elements of financial statements
5) Recognition, Measurement and Disclosure Concepts

• Assumptions

• Principles

What is the objective of financial reporting?

To provide financial information about companies that is useful to capital providers in making decisions

What are Qualitative Characteristics useful for in financial reporting?

Enhancing decision usefulness

What are the fundamental characteristics of qualitative characteristics?

Relevance, faithful representation and enhancement

What are the components of Relevance?

Predictive value, confirmatory value and materiality

What are the components of faithful representation?

Completeness, neutrality, and errorless

What are the components of enhancement?

Comparability, verifiability, timeliness and understandability

Relevance : What is it, its definition, and its components.

One of the fundamental characteristics of the qualitative characteristics of financial reporting.

Information lies under this term if it is pertinent to the decision at hand

Predictive value, confirmatory value, and material

Predictive Value

Information is useful in predicting the future

Counts as “relevant” information

Confirmatory Value

Information confirms expectations.

Counts as “relevant” information

Material Information

Concerns the relative size of an item and its effect on

decisions

Counts as “relevant” information

Faithful Representation: What is it, its definition, and its components.

One of the fundamental characteristics of the qualitative characteristics of financial reporting.

Information lies under this term when there is an agreement between a measure and the phenomenon it purports to represent.

Complete, neutral, and free from error

Complete*

Information is ___ if it includes all the information necessary for faithful representation

Counts as Faithful Representation

Neutral

Information is ___ if it is free from bias.

Counts as Faithful Representation

Free from error*

Information is ___ if there are no errors or omissions from data presented.

Counts as Faithful Representation

Enhancement: What is it, its definition, and its components.

One of the fundamental characteristics of the qualitative characteristics of financial reporting.

Information lies under this term when it improves the standing of data.

Comparability (including consistency), verifiability, timeliness, and understandability

Comparability

Information that is important for making interfirm comparisons.

Counts as Enhancement

Consistency

Applying the same accounting practices over time.

Counts as Enhancement

Verifiability

Implies consensus among different measurers.

Counts as Enhancement

Timeliness

Information is available prior to the decision.

Counts as Enhancement

Understandability

Users understand the information in the context of the decision being made.

Counts as Enhancement

What is the constraint of financial reporting?

Cost effectiveness

Cost effectiveness

Requires consideration of the costs and value of information

The conceptual framework

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Qualitative characteristics of financial information

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Elements of financial statements

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What term does this describe: A present right of an entity to an economic benefit.

Assets

What term does this describe: A present obligation of an entity to transfer an economic benefit.

Liabilities

What term does this describe: Called shareholders’ equity or stockholders’ equity for a corporation, it is the residual interest in the assets of an entity that remains after deducting its liabilities.

Equity

What term does this describe: Increases in equity of a particular business enterprise resulting from transfers to it from other entities of something of value to obtain or increase ownership interests in it.

Investments by Owners

What term does this describe: decreases in equity resulting from transfers to owners.

Distributions to owners

What term does this describe: The change in equity from nonowner transactions.

Comprehensive income

What term does this describe: Inflows of assets or settlements of liabilities

Revenues

What term does this describe: Using up of assets or incurrences of liabilities

Expenses

What term does this describe: increases in equity not resulting from revenues or investments by owners.

Gains

What term does this describe: Decreases in equity not resulting from revenues or distribution to owners.

Losses

What are the four basic assumptions underlying GAAP?

1. The economic entity assumption: The business is separate legal entity from the people who own it

2. The going concern assumption: The business is assumed to operate indefinitely

3. The periodicity assumption: The life of the company is divided into time periods (like quarters)

4. The monetary unit assumption: All businesses in the US use the dollar

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