U3, AOS 1 - KK1 - Qualitative Characteristics Flashcards

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Relevance

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Financial information must be capable of making a difference to the decisions made by users by helping them to form predictions and/or confirm or change previous evaluations.

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Faithful Representation

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Financial information should be a faithful representation of the real-world economic event it claims to represent: complete, free from material error and neutral (without bias).

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Verifiability

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Financial information should allow different knowledgeable and independent observers to reach a consensus (agree) that an event is faithfully represented.

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Timeliness

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Financial information should be available to decision makers in time to be capable of influencing decisions.

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Comparability

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Financial information should be able to be compared with similar information about other entities and with similar information about the same entity for another period or another date.

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Understandability

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Financial information should be understandable or comprehensible to users with a reasonable knowledge of business and economic activities, and presented clearly and concisely.

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