The conceptual framework is a series of Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts (SFACs), taken as a whole, set the objectives, characteristics and other concepts that determine how financial ...

The International Accounting Standards Board has published for public comment a discussion paper exploring possible changes to the IASB’s Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting. The discussion ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board released a new chapter of its Conceptual Framework on the measurement of items recognized in financial statements, while also drawing that long-running project ...

During the first half of the 20th century, "accounting theory" developed primarily by accounting scholars and academics provided the primary basis for the practice and teaching of financial accounting ...