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When the owner of a business takes goods from inventory for his own personal use, which of the following accounting principles should be considered?
Consistency
Going concern
Money measurement
Business entity
Items should be included in the financial statements if their omission would mislead the users of the financial statements. Which one of the following accounting principles governs this?
Consistency
Accruals
Materiality
Money measurement
A business owns a non-current asset which cost $4,000 and is recorded at its carrying amount in the financial statements. Which of the following accounting principles has been applied?
Going concern
Business entity
Consistency
Money measurement
Transactions are stated at the value at which they occurred and are not adjusted at the end. Which accounting principle is described by this statement?
Business entity
Historical cost
Materiality
Going concern
Which qualitative characteristic of financial information can be achieved through a combination of consistency and disclosure?
Comparability
Understandability
Verifiability
Relevance
Information may become less useful if there is a delay in reporting it. Which qualitative characteristic of financial information is described by this statement?
Comparability
Understandability
Verifiability
Timeliness
Which fundamental accounting principle does this reflect?
Going concern
Accruals
Materiality
Consistency
According to the Conceptual Framework, which of the following are fundamental characteristics of financial information?
(i) and (ii)
(i) only
Neither (i) nor (ii)
(ii) only
A number of users would broadly agree that faithful representation has been achieved. Which qualitative characteristic of financial information is described by this statement?
Comparability
Understandability
Verifiability
Relevance
A business applies the same depreciation policy to all of its computers. Which accounting principle does this treatment follow?
Accruals
Comparability
Money measurement
Business entity
The accounting concept which dictates that non-current assets should be valued at cost less accumulated depreciation, rather than at their enforced saleable value, is:
Understandability
Relevance
Comparability
Going concern
Which of the following accounting concepts means that similar items should receive a similar accounting treatment?
Going concern
Accruals
Matching
Consistency
Which accounting concept should be considered if the owner of a business takes goods from inventory for his own personal use?
The fair presentation concept
The accruals concept
The going concern concept
The business entity concept
Sales revenue should be recognised when goods and services have been supplied; costs are incurred when goods and services have been received. Which accounting concept governs the above?
The business entity concept
The materiality concept
The accruals concept
The duality concept
Which of the following statements defines the business entity concept?
The business will continue to operate for the foreseeable future.
A business is always a separate legal entity, distinct from those who own or manage that business.
A business is never a separate legal entity from those who own or manage that business.
Financial transactions are recorded and presented from the perspective of the business, rather than from the perspective of the owners or managers of that business.
Which ONE of the following statements describes faithful representation, a qualitative characteristic of financial information?
Revenue earned must be matched against the expenditure incurred in earning it.
Having information available to decision-makers in time to be capable of influencing their decisions
The presentation and classification of items in the financial statements should stay the same from one period to the next.
Financial information should be complete, neutral and free from error.
The IASB's Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting gives four enhancing qualitative characteristics. What are these four characteristics?
Consistency, understandability, faithful representation, relevance
Accruals basis, going concern concept, consistency, fair presentation
Faithful representation, comparability, understandability, relevance
Comparability, timeliness, understandability, verifiability
Which one of the following statements is correct?
The going concern concept guarantees that a business will continue in operational existence for at least twelve months after the reporting date. .
To comply with the law, the legal form of a transaction must always be reflected in financial statements.
If a non-current asset initially recognised at cost is revalued, the surplus must be credited in the statement of cash flows.
In times of rising prices, the use of historical cost accounting tends to understate assets and overstate profits.
Which of the following statements best explains the principle of faithful representation in relation preparation of the annual financial statements?
Transactions are presented any way that is considered appropriate.
Transactions are presented in such a way as to maximise profit for the year.
Transactions are presented in such a way to maximise asset values in the statement of financial position.
Transactions are presented to reflect their commercial substance of a transaction rather than their legal form.
Listed below are some comments on accounting concepts:
1. In achieving a between concepts, the most important consideration is satisfying as far as possible the economic decision-making needs for users.
2. Materiality means that only items having a physical existence maybe recognised as assets.
3. Provisions are estimates and therefore can be altered to make financial results of a business more attractive to investors.
Which, if any, of these comments is correct, according to the IASB's Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting?
1 only
2 only
3 only
None of them
Which of the following is not a qualitative characteristic of financial information?
Relevance
Comparability
Accruals
Understandability
A business depreciates some of its laptops over a useful life of three years and some of them over a useful life of five years.
What accounting principle is not being applied in this scenario?
Historical cost
Accruals
Materiality
Consistency
By charging depreciation, a business aims to ensure that the cost of non-current assets is spread over the accounting periods which benefit from their use.
Which accounting principle does this relate to?
Separate entity
Materiality
Accruals
Going concern
Which, if any, of the following statements about accounting concepts and the characteristics of financial information are correct?
1 The concept of accruals requires transactions to be reflected in the financial statements once the cash or its equivalent is received or paid.
2 Information is not material if its omission or misstatement could influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of the financial statements.
3 It may sometimes be necessary to exclude information that is relevant and reliable from financial statements because it is too difficult for some users to understand
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
None of these statements are correct
The IASB's Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting gives four enhancing qualitative characteristics. What are these four characteristics?
Consistency, understandability, faithful representation, relevance
Accruals basis, going concern concept, consistency, fair presentation
Faithful representation, comparability, understandability, relevance
Comparability, timeliness, understandability, verifiability
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