Financial
Managerial
Users
External
Owners,
Creditors, Regulators
Tax authorities,
Internal
Managers to make
decisions
Time
Frame
Historical
Report past results
Future Oriented
Now and future
Information
Attributes
Objectivity
Verifiability
Precision
compliance
Relevance &
Timeliness
decision-making
Entity
Focus
Company-wide
reports
Segment reports
Guidance
GAAP/IFRS
authoritative
mandatory
Need not follow
GAAP requirements
But GAAP has effects
2
subjentive
deput
hents
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