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''Financial reporting - International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) - Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (Conceptual framework) - International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).'' | ''Financial reporting - International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) - Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (Conceptual framework) - International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).'' | ||
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*[https://www.iasplus.com/en/standards/other/framework Conceptual framework for financial reporting - IAS Plus] | *[https://www.iasplus.com/en/standards/other/framework Conceptual framework for financial reporting - IAS Plus] | ||
*[ | *[https://www.ifrs.org/content/dam/ifrs/publications/pdf-standards/english/2021/issued/part-a/conceptual-framework-for-financial-reporting.pdf IFRS Conceptual Framework 2018] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:29, 25 December 2024
Financial reporting - International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) - Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (Conceptual framework) - International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
The financial reporting conceptual framework identifies the fundamental qualitative characteristics of useful financial information as:
- Relevance, and
- Faithful representation.
The conceptual framework goes on to identify the following further characteristics as enhancing the usefulness of relevant and faithfully represented financial information:
- Comparability
- Verifiability
- Timeliness, and
- Understandability.
See also
- Accounting concepts
- Comparability
- Conceptual framework
- Faithful representation
- Financial reporting
- International Accounting Standards
- International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- Neutrality
- Prudence
- Qualitative techniques
- Relevance
- Stewardship
- Substance over form
- Timeliness
- True and fair view
- Understandability
- Useful financial information
- Verifiability