1.x General Purpose Financial Statements Flashcards
What types of information can you get from the Balance Sheet?
Assess the entity’s strengths and weaknesses, especially risk and the allocation of assets
What is a measurement base?
The attribute of an account being measured and reported
Current Ratio
Current Assets / Current Liabilities
Quick or Acid Test Ratio
(Cash +/- Short Term Investments +/- AR ) / Current Liabilities
What is a contra account?
It has the opposite balance of the associated account. It can be a debit or credit (Subtracted from associated account)
What is an adjunct account?
Has a balance that is the same as the associated account in terms of debit/credit. (Added to associated account)
What is a valuation account?
It is an account that is used to increase or decrease the book value of an item to a measure of current value
What are the three important valuations for a form?
1- Total OE or Net Assets 2 - Market Value of new identifiable assets 3- Total value of the firm
What is the accounting cycle?
- Analyze relevant source documents and record journal entries in a journal. 2. Post the information from the journal to the accounts in the ledger 3.Record adjusting journal entries at the end of the accounting period. 4. Prepare trial balances. 5. Prepare the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows 6. Close the temporary account balances
What 2 classifications must be presented in the IFRS statement of financial position?
Current and Non-Current
Does IFRS require more detailed note disclosures compared to US GAAP?
Yes
Does IFRS require specific formatting of financial position information?
No
Does US GAAP use the term “reserve”?
No, only IFRS
What is accounting income?
Revenues less expenses plus gains less losses
What is economic income?
The change in net worth of a business enterprise during an accounting period
What is the net worth of a business enterprise described as?
Fair market value of net assets
How do you calculate the Market Value
Beginning Market Value + Net Income + Owner Investments - Dividend and Stock Repurchases = Ending Market Value
What is a revenue?
Revenues represent increases in net assets or settlements of liabilities by providing goods and services. Revenues are related to the company’s primary business operations
What is an expense?
Expenses represent decreases in net assets or incurred liabilities through the provision of goods or services. Expenses are related to the company’s primary business operations. Expenses provide benefit to the firm. Losses do not.
What is a gain?
Gains represent increases in equity or net assets from peripheral or incidental transactions
What is a loss?
Losses represent decreases in equity or net assets from peripheral or incidental transactions. Losses do not provide value or benefit to the firm.
Which items are not shown on the Income Statement
Prior Period Adjustments, OCI, retrospective changes in accounting principle
What items are found in Other Comprehensive Income?
(1). Foreign currency translation adjustments; (2). Unrealized holding gains and losses on securities available for sale; (3). Pension and other postretirement benefit plan cost adjustments; (4). Certain deferred derivative gains and losses.
Is there GAAP requirements for presentation of the top portion of the Income Statement?
No. Its very loose with the presentation
Is there GAAP requirements for presentation of the bottom portion of the Income Statement?
Yes, its very specific
Which two items show on the bottom portion of the income statement?
Discontinued items and extraordinary items
Basic format for the income statement
Net sales - Cost of goods sold = Gross margin - Operating expenses + Miscellaneous revenues and gains - Miscellaneous expenses and losses + or - Unusual or infrequent items = Income from continuing operations before tax - Less income tax expense = Income from Continuing Operations + or - Income from Discontinued Operations (net of tax) + or - Extraordinary Items (net of tax) = Net income
What is intraperiod tax allocation?
when the tax effect is shown with the item itself
Intraperiod tax allocation is applied to which items?
Discontinued operations, extraordinary items, OCI, Adjustments for retroactive accounting principle changes, prior period adjustments
What is interperiod tax allocation?
recording a period’s total tax consequences in current taxes payable and deferred tax accounts
Where is an item recorded if it is unusual or infrequent (but not both)?
In continuing operat`ions
What two formats are accepted for the Income Statement?
Single Step and Multistep
Explain the Single Step Income Statement format.
The single-step format involves a presentation of income from continuing operations that is largely based on a single comparison. Total revenues and gains are compared with total expenses and losses in the single-step format
Explain the Multiple Step Income Statement format.
The multiple-step format involves a presentation of income from continuing operations that includes multiple comparisons of revenues, expenses, gains, and losses. In doing so, the reader is provided with the operating margin of the company, which is the excess of operating revenues over operating expenses.
Is the statement of comprehensive income a required statement under IFRS?
Yes
What are the two formats of the Statement of Comprehensive income under IFRS?
Single statement or two statements. Single Statement- This alternative presents the components of both profit or loss and other comprehensive income within a single statement leading to total comprehensive income as the bottom line total. Profit or loss is shown as a subtotal within this statement format. Two statements-A separate income statement is presented along with a statement of comprehensive income. Essentially the single statement format is divided into two parts: income statement and statement of comprehensive income with the first line being “Profit or Loss for the Period,” the ending line of the income statement. The bottom line of the statement of comprehensive income is total comprehensive income, the same bottom line using the single statement format.
Does IFRS allow extraordinary items?
No
How does IFRS analyze expenses?
by Function or by Nature. If the functional nature is used, the firm must disclose the nature (Nature focuses on the type of expenses)
How does the SEC report expenses?
By function (reporting focuses on the activity to which the expenses relate)
What is comprehensive income?
Is the sum of (1) net income, and (2) other comprehensive income. CI = NI + OCI