Financial Reporting Chapter 1
Financial Reporting Chapter 1
Financial Reporting Chapter 1
FINAL
Financial AUDIT
DT
Reporting
PRACTICE
100 IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS
Conceptual Notes
QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 2
Chapter 1: Framework for Preparation and Presentation of Financial
Statements
1. Framework: - Framework provides a road map and approach which will be considered
as a broad line within which all IND AS will be applied.
Note: - IND AS will prevail over this framework.
2. Users of financial statements –
Investors:
Employees:
Lenders:
Suppliers and other trade creditors:
Customers:
Governments and their agencies:
Public:
3. Fundamental accounting assumption
Going concern
Consistency
Accrual
4. Qualitative characteristics of FS
Understand ability
Relevance
Materiality
Reliability
Faithful representation of all the information
Substance over form
Neutral – Free from over from personal bias
Prudence
Completeness
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Comparability
5. Elements of FS
Assets: An asset is a resource
controlled by the entity as a result of past events and
From which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.
Liability: A liability is
present obligation of the entity arising from past events,
The settlement of which is expected to result in an outflow from the entity of
resources embodying economic benefits.
Equity: Equity is the residual interest in the assets of the entity after deducting all its
liabilities.
Income: Income is
increase in economic benefits during the accounting period
in the form of
inflows or enhancement of assets or
decreases of liabilities
that result in increases in equity
Other than those relating to contributions from equity participants.
Expense: Expense is defined as
decrease in economic benefits during the accounting period
in the form of
outflows or depletions of assets or
incurrence of liabilities
that result in decrease in equity
Other than those relating to distributions to equity participants.
6. Measurement of elements
Historical cost
Current Cost (Replacement Cost)
Realisable value (Settlement)
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Present value
7. Concept of capital: There are two ways of maintaining Capital:
Financial capital maintenance
Physical capital maintenance
Financial capital maintenance: - Financial profit will be calculated as under-
Closing capital Including Reserves & Surplus XXX
(Net asset as on the closing date)
Less: - Initial capital Contribution (Including Premium) XXX
Less: - Additional capital Contribution (Including Premium) XXX
Financial profit XXX
Physical capital maintenance –Physical profit will be calculated as under-
Closing capital Including Reserves & Surplus XXX
Less: Indexed Capital
(Initial + Additional Capital including premium) XXX
Physical profit XXX
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