Your aunt recently received the annual report for a company in which
she has invested. The report notes that the statements have been
prepared in accordance with “generally accepted accounting principles.”
She has also heard that certain terms have special meanings in
accounting relative to everyday use. She would like you to explain the
meaning of terms she has come across related to accounting1050 words.
- Go to the FASB website and access the FASB Concepts Statements and use the IASB website
to respond to the following items. (Provide paragraph citations.) When
you have accessed the documents, you can use the search tool in your
Internet browser.- Explain how “materiality” is defined by both FASB and IASB.
- The
concepts statements provide several examples in which specific
quantitative materiality guidelines are provided to firms. Identity at
least two of these examples. Do you think the materiality guidelines
should be quantified? Why or why not? - The concepts statements
discuss the concept of “articulation” between financial statement
elements. Briefly summarize the meaning of this term and how it relates
to an entity’s financial statements.


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