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ACCA · Question 01 · The Conceptual Framework
SECTION A
According to the IASB's Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, which of the following statements regarding the qualitative characteristics of useful financial information is correct?
SECTION A
According to the IASB's Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, which of the following statements regarding the qualitative characteristics of useful financial information is correct?
Answer options:
A.
Relevance and reliability are the fundamental qualitative characteristics.
B.
Comparability, verifiability, timeliness and understandability are enhancing qualitative characteristics.
C.
Information is material if its omission could influence the economic decisions of users, making materiality an enhancing characteristic.
D.
Faithful representation requires information to be complete, neutral, and free from material error.
How to approach this question
Recall the IASB Conceptual Framework's classification of qualitative characteristics into fundamental (relevance, faithful representation) and enhancing (comparability, verifiability, timeliness, understandability).
Full Answer
B.Comparability, verifiability, timeliness and understandability are enhancing qualitative characteristics.✓ Correct
The Conceptual Framework identifies relevance and faithful representation as fundamental qualitative characteristics. Comparability, verifiability, timeliness, and understandability are enhancing qualitative characteristics.
Common mistakes
Students often confuse reliability (an older term) with faithful representation, or misclassify materiality as an enhancing characteristic.
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