MGAB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Bookkeeping, Investment, Current Liability

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Investing and financing decisions and the statement of financial. Primary objective of external financial reporting: to provide financial information about a business to help external parties, primarily investors and creditors, make sound financial decisions in their capacity as capital providers. Decision-makers: users of accounting information (include investors, creditors) Relevant information: can influence a decision; it has predictive and/or confirmatory value. Material amounts: amounts that are large enough to influence a user"s decision. Faithful representation: suggests that information provided in financial statements must reflect the substance of the underlying transactions, which may differ from their legal form. Information must be complete, neutral (unbiased), and free from material error. Enhanced when similar accounting methods have been applied. Enables users to identify similarities and differences between two items reported by two different companies or by the same company in different accounting period. Information is verifiable if independent accountants can agree on the nature and amount of a transaction.

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