SFAC
Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts
Objective of Financial Reporting
To provide information for primary users of financial statements that lead to better decision making
Who are the primary users of the General purpose financial statements ?
Creditors Potential investors investors employee Management Government Regulators
What are the qualitativr charactaristics of financial statements
Relevance
Faithful representation
elements OF RELEVANCE
Confirmatory Values
Predictive Values
Material information
Faithful represenation
Completeness
Neutral
Free from error
WHAT ARE ENHANCING QUALITITAVE CHARACTRASTICS FOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION
comparable
verifiable
Timely
understandable