5 The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is currently in a joint pr

5 The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is currently in a joint project with the Accounting Standards

Board (ASB) in the UK and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in the USA in the area of reporting

financial performance/comprehensive income. The main focus of the project is the development of a single statement

of comprehensive income to replace the income statement and statement of changes in equity. The objective is to

analyse all income and expenses and categorise them in a way that increases users’ understanding of the results of

an entity and assists in forming expectations of future income and expenditure. There seems to be some consensus

that the performance statement should be pided into three components being the results of operating activities,

financing and treasury activities, and other gains and losses.

Required:

(a) Describe the reasons why the three accounting standards boards have decided to cooperate and produce a

single statement of financial performance. (8 marks)

(a) The main reasons why the three accounting standards boards have decided to come together in a joint project regarding asingle performance statement are as follows:(i) there are many different formats and classifications used for financial statements a