FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: TOOLS FOR BUSINES
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ISBN: 9781119595649
Author: Kimmel
Publisher: WILEY
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Discuss the four basic Assumptions that underline the financial Accounting Structures with example.
b) Match the qualitative characteristics below with the following statements.
I. Relevance VI. Comparability
II.Faithful representation VII.Completeness
III. Predictive value VIII.Neutrality
IV.Confirmatory value IX.Timeliness
V. Free from error X. Understandability
(i) Quality of information that permits users to identify similarities in and differences between two sets of economic phenomena.
(ii) Having information available to users before it loses its capacity to influence decisions.
(iii) Information about an economic phenomenon that has value as an input to the processes used by capital providers to form their own expectations about the future.
1) Indicate whether the following statements about the conceptual framework are true or false. If false, provide a brief explanation supporting your position.
(a) The fundamental qualitative characteristics that make accounting information useful are relevance and verifiability.
(b) Relevant information has predictive value, confirmatory value, or both.
(c) Conservatism, a prudent reaction to uncertainty, is considered a constraint of financial reporting.
(d) Information that is a faithful representation is characterized as having predictive or confirmatory value.
(e) Comparability pertains only to the reporting of information in a similar manner for different companies.
(f) Verifiability is solely an enhancing characteristic for faithful representation.
(g) In preparing financial reports, it is assumed that users of the reports have reasonable knowledge of business and economic activities
PROBLEM
Below is a list of the qualitative characteristics identified in FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2. Following the list is a series of descriptive phrases.
a. feedback value
b. relevance
c. decision usefulness
d. reliability
e. comparability
f. predictive value
g. varifiability
h. consistency
i. representational faithfulness
j. timeliness
k. neutrality
_____ 1. When information can make a difference in a decision.
_____ 2. Making information available when it is needed.
_____ 3. When accounting policies and procedures are unchanged from period ro period.
_____ 4. When information is verifiable and neutral.
_____ 5. Occurs when the measurement results can be duplicated.
_____ 6. The overall qualitative characteristics accounting information should possess.
_____ 7. When information enables decision makers to confirm prior expectations.
_____ 8. When accounting information is reported the same way by different companies.
Required:
Match each characteristic…
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