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Objective of financial reporting - provide financial information about the reporting entity that is useful to present and potential equity investors, lenders, and other creditors Consistency - when a company applies the same accounting treatment to similar events, from period to period. Verifiability - occurs when independent measurers, using the same methods, obtain similar results. Timeliness - having information available to decision-makers before it loses its capacity to influence decisions. Held-to-maturity - Debt securities that a company has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity Trading - Debt securities bought and held primarily for sale in the near term to generate income on short-term price differences Available for sale - Debt securities not classified as held-to-maturity or trading securities Noncurrent Assets - Long-term investments Property, plant, and equipment Intangible assets Understandability - Decision-makers vary widely in the types of decisions they make, how they make decisions, the information they already possess or can obtain from other sources, and their ability to process the information. Assets - probably future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular entity as a result of past transactions or events Liabilities - Probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of a particular entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future as a result of past transactions or events.

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Intermediate Finance Accounting 2025



Intermediate Finance Accounting 2025
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Objective of financial reporting - ✔✔✔provide financial information about the reporting
entity that is useful to present and potential equity investors, lenders, and other creditors


Consistency - ✔✔✔when a company applies the same accounting treatment to similar
events, from period to period.


Verifiability - ✔✔✔occurs when independent measurers, using the same methods, obtain
similar results.


Timeliness - ✔✔✔having information available to decision-makers before it loses its
capacity to influence decisions.
Held-to-maturity - ✔✔✔Debt securities that a company has the positive intent and ability to
hold to maturity



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Trading - ✔✔✔Debt securities bought and held primarily for sale in the near term to
generate income on short-term price differences


Available for sale - ✔✔✔Debt securities not classified as held-to-maturity or trading
securities


Noncurrent Assets - ✔✔✔Long-term investments
Property, plant, and equipment
Intangible assets


Understandability - ✔✔✔Decision-makers vary widely in the types of decisions they make,
how they make decisions, the information they already possess or can obtain from other
sources, and their ability to process the information.


Assets - ✔✔✔probably future economic benefits obtained or controlled by a particular
entity as a result of past transactions or events


Liabilities - ✔✔✔Probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present
obligations of a particular entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the
future as a result of past transactions or events.


Equity - ✔✔✔Residual interest in the assets of an entity that remains after deducting its
liabilities.


Financial Accounting Standards Board - ✔✔✔establish and improve standards of financial
accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public which includes
issuers, auditors, and users of financial information




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