FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING:TOOLS FOR BUSINESS
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ISBN: 9781119493624
Author: Kimmel
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 2, Problem 16Q
To determine
Accounting Information: Accounting information to be useful to its users, must have the following characteristics as described by FASB (The Financial Accounting Standards Board) and IASB (The International Accounting Standards Board) jointly;
- Relevance
- Faithful Representation
- Comparability
- Verifiability
- Timeliness
- Understandability
To Describe: The constraint inherent in the presentation of the accounting information.
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