The Development of Financial Reporting 31

31. The four main objectives of the “Statement of Principles for Financial Reporting” are:

A. Going Concern, Accruals, Consistency and Prudence

B. Relevance, Reliability, Comparability and Understandability

C. Going Concern, Relevance, Consistency and Comparability

D. Accruals, Prudence, Reliability and Understandability

 

Answer : B

Relevance: to the needs of the user in predicting the future of confirming the past.
Reliability: faithful representation of the underlying transactions
Comparability: with other entities and with the same entity year on year
Understandability: users should be able to understand the statements, with appropriate accounting knowledge.
Other terms relate to other concepts and ideas. They are all words that you need to be familiar with!