ForewordThe International Accountin

Foreword
The International Accounting Standards Board is currently in the process of
updating its conceptual framework. This conceptual framework project is
conducted in phases.
As a chapter is finalised, the relevant paragraphs in the Framework for the
Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements that was published in 1989 will be
replaced. When the conceptual framework project is completed, the Board will
have a complete, comprehensive and single document called the Conceptual
Framework for Financial Reporting.
This version of the Conceptual Framework includes the first two chapters the Board
published as a result of its first phase of the conceptual framework project—
Chapter 1 The objective of financial reporting and Chapter 3 Qualitative characteristics of
useful financial information. Chapter 2 will deal with the reporting entity concept.
The Board published an exposure draft on this topic in March 2010 with a
comment period that ended on 16 July 2010. Chapter 4 contains the remaining
text of the Framework (1989). The table of concordance, at the end of this
publication, shows how the contents of the Framework (1989) and the Conceptual
Framework (2010) correspond