Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 8 September 2010

Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting Chapter 1, The Objective of General Purpose Financial Reporting, and Chapter 3, Qualitative Characteristics of Useful Financial Information

a replacement of FASB Concepts Statements No. 1 and No. 2

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Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 8 September 2010

Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting Chapter 1, The Objective of General Purpose Financial Reporting, and Chapter 3, Qualitative Characteristics of Useful Financial Information

a replacement of FASB Concepts Statements No. 1 and No. 2

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Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts
This Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts (Concepts Statement) is one of a series of publications in the Board’s Conceptual Framework for financial accounting and reporting. Since the publication of the last Concepts Statement, the Board has undertaken a project with the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to improve and converge their frameworks. This Concepts Statement, which includes two chapters of that new conceptual framework, supersedes FASB Concepts Statements No. 1, Objectives of Financial Reporting by Business Enterprises, and No. 2, Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information. As the Board and the IASB complete additional phases of their joint project, new