The Star Ent Group: Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting

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Executive summary
This research is a report conducted on the Star Ent Group Company. The aspects of
discussion in this report are the Star Ent Group's corporate external reporting practices. This
research report is divided into two major parts including the company's use of the conceptual
framework and its sustainability report. The IASC Board approved the Conceptual Framework
for Financial Reporting. IASB adopted such a conceptual framework in the year 2001.The works
of IASB extend to various states across the world including Australia, the United States of
America, and the United Kingdom. Various concerns have been raised as far as the application
of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting is concerned. This research report will
highlight different concerns as far as such a conceptual framework is concerned. More so, this
research report will provide detailed information concerning the potential benefits and
limitations of the application of the conceptual framework for financial accounting. Different
reports have been prepared by different companies as per this conceptual framework is
concerned. This report reveals that the Star Group Company has so far prepared ten statements in
accordance to such a conceptual framework.
Introduction
In financial reporting, a conceptual framework refers to an accounting theory laid by a
body that sets standards against which the objectivity of practical problems are tested. The
purpose and objectives of financial reporting, the accounting information's quality-features, as
well as the financial statements make up a conceptual framework. Therefore, the first part of this

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paper focuses on the applicability of the IFRS' conceptual framework in a selected Australian
company known as The Star Ent Group. Part B of the paper conducts an evaluation of the
sustainability as well as the applicability of integrated financial reports in a selected company in
South Africa Italtile ltd in comparison with the Australian company.
Part A: Conceptual framework
(a) Review of the history and development of the Conceptual Framework for Financial
Reporting
The IASC Board first approved the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting deals with
the preparation and presentation of different financial statements and it was developed in the year
1989. In July 1989, the conceptual framework was first published for use (Silvia, 2018). The
International Accounting Standards Board adopted this conceptual framework in April 2001
(IAS PLUS, 2013).In addition to the above, the framework's main purpose was to help the IASB
in the development and revision of IFRSs, which depended on different highly consistent study
concepts (Australian Accounting Standards Board, 2015). Therefore, the purpose of the
framework was to assist different preparers in the development of highly consistent policies of
accounting for fields that the standard did not cover at all or where individuals can make
decisions concerning the policy of accounting hence helping in the understanding of IFRS
(Sottoriva, 2018).
Currently, the conceptual framework is currently being adopted by different accounting
standard agencies in order to improve the standards of accounting in their respective countries.
This framework helps IASB in different countries to develop and further revise the International

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Financial Reporting Standards among these different countries (AASB, 2015). Under the IASB,
the conceptual framework is constantly being revised in different countries with an intention of
ensuring that it serves its purpose effectively. More so, it currently operates as a layout that
guides in the formation of different standards of accounting, which apply, to various accounting
companies and individuals in the accounting profession among different countries (AASB,
2015).
(b) Accounting profession’s concerns regarding the application of the (IASB/IFRS)
Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting
There are various Australian Accounting professions’ concerns as far as the application
of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting is concerned. The Conceptual framework
was adopted with an intention of ensuring that Australia's Accounting standards are based on
highly consistent concepts. The conceptual framework was therefore intended to help the IASB
come up with concepts that are more consistent as far as the different accounting principles are
concerned. More so, the Australian Accounting professional standards were unclear to different
people. The conceptual framework was therefore developed or applied with an intention of
helping different individuals to understand easily different accounting standards (AASB, 2015).
In the time when the IASB came into effect, there were various accounting profession's
concerns that were raised. During such years, various concerns were raised particularly in
Australia in relation to the application of the conceptual; framework. Wayne, who is a one of the
professors in the University of Sydney and in the field of Business and Economics, the
introduction of Australia's international standards of accounting was associated with numerous
outcomes in respect to the entire economy of Australian (Humayun and Asheq, 2018).

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Australia’s process of developing standard in accounting was weakened by the State's policy of
using the International standards of accounting. Such an International system not only
emasculated Australia's process of setting accounting standards but further weakened the State's
capacity of setting its own standards including its role as far as the accounting excellence is
concerned. Different professionals discuss that different companies in Australia produced
financial reports of very poor quality at a time due to the use of IAS (Gordon et al, 2015). A
group of Australia's accounting professionals discussed that IAS led to financial stability as far
as Australia's corporate government is concerned. Today, many efforts that the corporate
government adopts have their main concentration on ensuring that best guidelines are adopted,
and that disclosure and independence among different accounting companies increase. More so,
such companies further need to be able to provide full disclosures of their failure to comply with
such standards in their respective annual financial reports (Aasb.gov.au, 2015). The corporate
government’s main objective is to ensure that there is a development of a culture of integrity and
trust between different stakeholders and other parties involved in the accounting processes such
as the company directors, the fund managers, and auditors. The currently adopted reforms as far
as the conceptual framework are concerned are putting their main emphasis on correcting the
symptoms observed in the accounting field instead of fully solving the different main causes of
the problems observes (Aasb.gov.au, 2015). Accounting standards are viewed as the backbone as
far as the concept of financial reporting is concerned. Until today, Australia’s financial reporting
system is still associated with various limitations and deficiencies. Australia's former accounting
system was associated with very poor financial and auditing practices, which affected both the
financial organizations and the different end users. The International Accounting standards,
which were earlier adopted in Australia largely, overshadowed the AASB policies irrespective of

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the fact that the organization had its own areas of significant interest. Moreover, AASB was left
irrelevant more especially in relation to the private sector since AASB no longer issued the
accounting standards bur rather by the IASB and therefore its need was eliminated (Gordon et al,
2015).
(c) Potential (benefits and limitations) of the Conceptual Framework for Financial
Reporting
Benefits
The Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting is associated with a number of benefits.
Among these includes the fact that it helps in the clarification of the different conceptual
underpinnings as far as different accounting standards are concerned (Aluchna et al., 2019). Such
a conceptual framework therefore allows different standards setters such as IASB to come up
with highly consistent standards of accounting (Armstrong, 2013). Besides, the Conceptual
Framework helps different auditors, preparers, and users of different financial statements
including different accountants to had better understand the required standards setting approach
and the function and nature of the type of financial information, which they report (Kieso and
Warfield, 2011; Bjørn et-al, 2016; Omanessay.com, 2018)
Limitations
The conceptual framework is associated with a number of limitations. Among these includes the
fact that it is strongly rigid and therefore such rigidity is further extended to the different
standardized practices of accounting after the framework implementation. Such a framework
therefore makes it extremely difficult for different new ideas to be introduced into the accounting
system since the framework has a lot of inflexibility (Barker& Teixeira, 2018). Moreover, some