Guidance and expectations for keeping proper accounting records

The objective of financial statements is to provide financial information that is useful to investors and other users in making decisions about providing resources to an entity.

Financial statements must be supported by proper accounting records to provide evidence that they comply with financial reporting requirements, including applicable accounting standards.

This document provides guidance to help entities to meet their statutory requirement to keep proper accounting records, and to address emerging and persistent issues in financial reporting.

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