International Accounting Standards
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IAS 1: Presentation of financial statements
IAS 1 was comprehensively revised and reissued in September 2007 and applies to accounting periods
beginning on or after 1 January 2009. The objective of the standard is to prescribe the basis for presentation
of general purpose financial statements, to ensure comparability both with the entity's financial statements of
previous periods and with the financial statements of other entities. The revision introduced some new
terminology and changed the titles of financial statements:
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'balance sheet' became
'statement of financial position'
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'income statement' became
'statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income'
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'cash flow statement' became
'statement of cash flows'.
However, entities are not required to use the new titles in their financial statements, but all existing standards
and interpretations are being amended to reflect the new terminology.
Presentation of financial statements
The standard covers a number of areas, including the background to the purpose of financial statements, the
components of statements, and illustrations of the presentation of the statement of profit or loss and the
statement of financial position.
The purpose of financial statements
Financial statements provide information, about the financial position, financial performance and cash flows
of an entity that is useful to a wide range of users in making economic decisions. To meet that objective,
financial statements provide information about an entity:
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assets
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liabilities
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equity
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income and expenses, including gains and losses
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contributions by and distributions to owners (in their capacity as owners)
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cash flows.
The financial statements must ‘present fairly’ the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of
an entity.
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