The global trend towards the use of fair value accounting is increasing, so the current study aimed to maximize the impact of fair value application on achieving relevance and representation faithfulness of accounting information in accordance with the common conceptual framework. To achieve the objective of this study, the researcher has determined in the theoretical framework the relationship of fair value with the characteristics of relevance and representation faithfulness of accounting information and the extent of achieving these characteristics, as well as conducting a field study by preparing a questionnaire distributed to a sample of academics (50) and auditors (50) with a total number of selected participants (100) of academics and auditors. The researcher has come to a set of conclusions, the most important of which, despite some of the shortcomings of the fair value, but it is the best available basis of measuring some elements of the financial statements, because the objectors did not provide any functional alternative to them, also the responses of the research sample showed that there is a statistically significance relationship between the application of the fair value and accounting information.
University of Baghdad
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