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SAC 4 And The Challenge To The Mandatory Status Of Concepts Statements

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  • Malcolm C. Miller
  • Janice A. Loftus

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This paper expresses no doubt about the worth of concepts statements such as Statement of Accounting Concepts SAC 4 Definition and Recognition of the Elements of Financial Statements, which spells out the essential characteristics of assets, liabilities, equity, revenues and expenses along with broad criteria for their recognition in financial statements. However, the authors have reservations about giving mandatory status to such a statement. It is, after all, but one piece of a conceptual framework and as the other pieces take shape they may call for alterations in the interpretation and operation of the elements. Without the benefit of the light which might be cast by reference to other concepts statements, SAC 4 in isolation could lead to undebated and questionable consequences, as well as supplying equivocal guidance on many important issues. This paper examines the reasons for unrest about the mandatory status of concepts statements.

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  • Malcolm C. Miller & Janice A. Loftus, 1993. "SAC 4 And The Challenge To The Mandatory Status Of Concepts Statements," Australian Accounting Review, CPA Australia, vol. 3(5), pages 2-10, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ausact:v:3:y:1993:i:5:p:2-10
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.1993.tb00139.x
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    1. Karen Benson & Peter M Clarkson & Tom Smith & Irene Tutticci, 2015. "A review of accounting research in the Asia Pacific region," Australian Journal of Management, Australian School of Business, vol. 40(1), pages 36-88, February.

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