Accountant's Opinion
An accountant's opinion states the auditor's conclusion on whether financial statements are presented fairly under the applicable reporting framework.
Accounting terms for accountant opinions, accountants' reports, accounting standards, reporting standards, going concern, and materiality.
Assurance, Standards, and Disclosure Concepts covers accountant opinions, accountants’ reports, accounting standards, reporting standards, going concern, and materiality.
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| Area | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Accountant’s Opinion | An accountant’s opinion states the auditor’s conclusion on whether financial statements are presented fairly under the applicable reporting framework. |
| Accountants’ Report | An accountants’ report communicates an accountant’s findings, scope, and conclusion on financial information or related work. |
| Accounting Standard | Authoritative rule or framework governing how financial transactions are measured, reported, and disclosed. |
| Accounting Standards Board | An accounting standards board develops or maintains accounting standards that guide recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure. |
| Financial Reporting Standard | A financial reporting standard sets rules for preparing, presenting, measuring, and disclosing financial information. |
| Going Concern | Going concern assumes an entity will continue operating long enough to realize assets and settle obligations in the ordinary course. |
| Materiality | Threshold for deciding whether information could influence financial-statement users and therefore must be reported or corrected. |
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An accountant's opinion states the auditor's conclusion on whether financial statements are presented fairly under the applicable reporting framework.
An accountants' report communicates an accountant's findings, scope, and conclusion on financial information or related work.
Authoritative rule or framework governing how financial transactions are measured, reported, and disclosed.
An accounting standards board develops or maintains accounting standards that guide recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure.
A financial reporting standard sets rules for preparing, presenting, measuring, and disclosing financial information.
Going concern assumes an entity will continue operating long enough to realize assets and settle obligations in the ordinary course.
Threshold for deciding whether information could influence financial-statement users and therefore must be reported or corrected.