ACC 220 Week 3: Analysis of Financial Reporting and Its Impact on Business Decision-Making

A detailed analysis of how financial reporting influences business decision-making and its impact on financial management.

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ACC 220 Week 3: Analysis of Financial Reporting and Its Impact on BusinessDecision-MakingACC 220 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 Help NeededDiscussion QuestionsQ1.-When reviewing a financial report, why must information be reliable, relevant,consistent, and comparable? Why are these accounting characteristics important? Whatkinds of problems might result if a financial report is not reliable, relevant, consistent, orcomparable?AnswerThe financial reports must be reliable,relevant,consistent and comparable becausethese reports play very important roleininterpretationsand framework for the preparation andpresentation of financial statements and the objective of financial statement is to provideinformation about the financial position, performance and changes in the financial position of anentity. It should also provide the current financial status of the entity to all the users of financialinformation.Reliable :-For reporting to be reliable, the stated information should be verifiable, free frombias, and comprehensive, ensuring thatnothing material relative to underlying events andconditions has been intentionally omitted or that nothing has been included that would likelycause the information to be misleading to the user.Relevant:-Forreportingtoberelevant,alogicalrelationshipmustexistbetweentheinformation provided and its intended use. Information is relevant if it impacts a user’s

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