BC123 The objective of financial statements is to provide information about the financial position, performance and changes in financial position of an entity that is useful to a wide range of users in making economic decisions. To attain this objective, the Board seeks to ensure that an IFRS will meet a significant need and that the overall benefits of the resulting information justify the costs of providing it. Although the costs to implement a new IFRS might not be borne evenly, users of financial statements benefit from improvements in financial reporting, thereby facilitating the functioning of markets for capital and credit and the efficient allocation of resources in the economy.
BC124 The evaluation of costs and benefits is necessarily subjective. In making its judgement, the Board considers the following:
(a) the costs incurred by preparers of financial statements;
(b) the costs incurred by users of financial statements when information is not available;
(c) the comparative ad
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