Financial statements and the reasons for their inability to express the reality of the financial situation

Abstract

The current study focused its attention on the ability of the financial statements to express this because of their strong role in making investment decisions and achieving the goals of all stakeholders. As the problem of the study was concentrated in some questions, including whether the financial statements reflect the reality of the establishment’s financial situation or are they not expressive the fact of the financial situation in the first place. Also the problem centered in knowing whether there is credibility in the financial statements or not, as for the aim of the study is to define the concept of financial statements and research the most important reasons for the lack of credibility of the financial statements and their ability to express the truth of the financial situation. The research consisted of four axes, where the first axis represented the financial statements and the ability to express while the second axis represented the effect of different measurement alternatives on the reliability of the financial statements, while the third axis represented the practical side and the fourth axis represented the conclusions and recommendations. The research concluded with a set of conclusions and recommendations and the most important conclusions are that criticism of the financial statements has a significant impact on reducing their credibility and that the financial statements do not completely express the reality of the financial situation. A special model for raising the ability of financial statements to express, as well as addressing weaknesses in the financial statements by companies, as well as using fair value in evaluating fixed assets instead of historical cost, which is one of the most important weaknesses in the financial statements.