Conceptual framework of financial information
chapter 2
objetive of financial information
generate and communicate useful information of a quantitative type for the timely decision-making
of the different external users of an economic organization.
features
utility, understanding by this the
adaptation to the needs of the users.
reliability
relevance
veracity, representativeness,
objectivity, verifiability, information
sufficient, predictability and
confirmation, and relative
importance
understandability
comparability
Basic postulates regarding
the economic entity
Economic substance
refers to the fact that in the operation of the
financial information system and in the
transactions or economic events that affect
an entity
Entity
indicates that the operations and financial
information of an economic organization
are independent of those of its
shareholders, creditors, debtors, sponsors
and any other organization.
Going business
assume that the permanence of an
economic organization in the market will
have no limit o! n, with the exception of
entities in liquidation
concepts
Active
Economic resource owned by an entity, which is
expected to yield benefits in the future.
Passive
What the business owes to other known persons
or entities as creditors
Capital
The contribution of the owners known as shareholders.
Income
The resources that the business receives from the sale
of a service or product, in cash or on credit.
Expenses
They are assets that have been used or consumed in the
business, in order to earn income
financial statements
The income statement
which reports on the profitability of the
operation.
The statement of changes in
stockholders' equity
whose objective is to show the
changes in the investment of
the owners of the company.
The statement of financial
position or balance sheet
whose purpose is to present a list of resources
(assets) of the company, as well as the sources of
financing (liabilities and capital) of those resources.
The cash flow statement
cuyo objetivo es dar
información acerca de
la liquidez del negocio
independent auditor´s opinion
The opinion is the final result of a review (audit) of the
information contained in the financial statements.
financial statement notes
con ellas se pretende explicar con mayor detalle
situaciones especiales que afectan ciertas partidas
dentro de los estados !nancieros. Las notas deben
presentarse en forma clara, ordenada y referenciada
para facilitar su identi!cación.
Basic postulates that establish the bases for the accounting
recognition of operations and events with an impact on the entity
Accounting accrual
the effects of economic transactions
and events that affect an entity
should be reflected in the entity's
financial information at the time
they occur.
Association of costs and
expenses with income
all costs and expenses of
an entity must be
identified with the
income they generated
in the same period,
regardless of the date
they are made.
Valuation
economic
transactions and
events carried out
by an entity must
be quantified in
monetary terms
Economic duality
affirms that each resource available to an
entity was generated by third parties, which
have rights and interests over the assets of
the entity.
Consistency
establishes that the assumptions and
rules through which information was
obtained accounting, have a stability
that facilitates their comparability over
time
Particular rules
Prudential criterion
conservative position that the
public accountant is
recommended to adopt to
resolve any dilemma that
presents the application of
particular rules in specific
cases.
Supplementation
It consists of applying
international financial
reporting standards,
when there is no local
standard for a particular
situation