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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Understandability

Information provided in financial statements has the quality of understandability when it is comprehensible to users who have a reasonable knowledge of business and economic activities and accounting and a willingness to study the information with reasonable diligence.

Understandability is specifically discussed in the IASB Framework.

Source: Glossary of Terms of IFRSs as at 31 December 2008.