Q. Goal of financial reporting?
The second goal of financial reporting is to provide information to help present and potential investors and creditors and other users in assessing the timing, amounts and uncertainty of prospective cash receipts from dividends owner withdrawals or interest and the proceeds from the redemption, sale or maturity of securities or loans. Since creditors' and investors' cash flows are related to enterprise cash flows financial reporting must provide information to help creditors, investors and others assess the timing, amounts and uncertainty of prospective net cash inflows to the related enterprise.
This objective ties the cash flows of investor's owners as well as creditors to the cash flows of the enterprise a tie-in that appears entirely logical. Enterprise cash inflows are the source of cash for interest, dividends and the redemption of maturing debt.