Financial Statement

Detects financial statements including profit and loss, balance sheets, and income statements.

Type

keyword_proximity

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

Medium confidence: keyword-based detection requires corroborative evidence for accurate identification.

Jurisdictions

au

Regulations

AML/CTF Act (Cth), IPA 2009 (Qld), Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

Frameworks

ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS

Data categories

financial, business

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

8

Should match

• Financial statements prepared — Exact 65 discovery probe with a statement phrase and no figures
• Financial statements show net profit of $1.2M — Exact 75 probe with a financial metric
• Audited financial statements show net profit of $1.2M — Exact 85 probe with a financial metric and audit provenance
• Profit and loss statement for FY2025 showing net profit of $1.2M — Profit and loss statement with reporting-period metric
• Balance sheet as at 30 June 2025 - total assets and liabilities — Balance sheet with statement values
• Annual report financial results: EBITDA increased by 15% — Test match 3

Should not match

• The company made a financial donation — Non-match 1
• Annual general meeting minutes — Non-match 2
• Financial statements software schema — Product/schema phrase must remain discovery-only

Known false positives

• Generic financial terms in non-statement contexts. Mitigation: Require specific financial statement terms like profit and loss or balance sheet.