what is the meaning of consistency in accounting
Convention of consistency In accounting, the convention of consistency is a principle that the same management accounting principles should be used for preparing financial statements over a number of time periods.[1][2] This enables the management to draw important conclusions regarding the working of the concern over a longer period.[3] It allows a comparison in the performance of different periods. If different accounting procedures and processes are used for preparing financial statements of different years then the results will not be comparable because these will be based on different postulates.
Financial Accounting Standards Board The FASB's mission is to “establish and improve financial accounting and reporting standards to provide useful information to investors and other users of financial reports and educate stakeholders on how to most effectively understand and implement those standards.”[2][3] The FASB carries out its mission through improving the usefulness of financial reporting, focusing on the faithful representation and relevance of financial information, including the enhancing characteristics of useful information, comparability, timeliness, understandability, and verifiability. The FASB also accomplishes their mission through educating and guiding auditors, preparers, and other users of financial statements, ensuring current standards reflect developments in methods of doing business and economic environment changes, and by acknowledging areas of insufficiency in financial reporting that could be improved through the standard setting process.[4][5]