Objective Of Financial Statement Analysis

The bankruptcy of an entity has significant impact on a broad part of society. Investors lose their funds while suppliers and other creditors are subject to losses. In many cases, the bankruptcy of a large corporation may lead other associated entities to bankruptcy due to the interdependencies which will eventually cause a domino of bankruptcy. Banks may suffer losses, especially in the occasion where the entity has extended debt facilities and may cause the entire financial system to falter. In addition to the above, the bankruptcy of an entity entails job losses, increase of unemployment rate, decrease in consumer spending and loss of government revenues from contributions and taxes.
The going concern assumption constitutes a fundamental

The objective of financial statements is to provide information about the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of an entity that is useful to a wide range of users in making economic decisions.
The going concern concept is fundamental concept for the preparation of financial statements. Some financial reporting frameworks contain an explicit requirement for management to make a specific assessment of the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, and standards regarding matters to be considered and disclosures to be made in connection with going concern. For example, International Accounting Standard (IAS) 1, “Presentation of Financial Statements” requires management to make an assessment of an entity’s ability to continue as a going

25, when preparing financial statements, management shall make an assessment of an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. An entity shall prepare financial statements on a going concern basis unless management either intends to liquidate the entity or to cease trading, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. When management is aware, in making its assessment, of material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt upon the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, the entity shall disclose those uncertainties. When an entity does not prepare financial statements on a going concern basis, it shall disclose that fact, together with the basis on which it prepared the financial statements and the reason why the entity is not regarded as a going concern. In assessing whether the going concern assumption is appropriate, management takes into account all available information about the future, which is at least, but is not limited to, twelve months from the end of the reporting period. The degree of consideration depends on the facts in each case. When an entity has a history of profitable operations and ready access to financial resources, the entity may reach a conclusion that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate without detailed analysis. In other cases, management may need to consider a wide range of factors relating to current and expected profitability, debt repayment