Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts

the long version

This volume contains the full text of five of the six Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts. The existing concepts are intended to serve the public interest by setting the objectives, qualitative characteristics, and other concepts that guide selection of economic events to be recognized and measured for financial reporting their display in financial statements. Unlike a Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, a Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts does not establish generally accepted Accounting Principles.