2 - A Further Look At Financial Statements Flashcards
What do companies do to improve users’ understanding of a company’s financial position?
They group similar types of asses and similar types of liabilities together.
What is the order of assets in a classified statement of financial position?
- Current Assets
- Investments
- Property, Plant, and Equipment
- Intangible Assets
- Goodwill
What is the order of liabilities in a classified statement of financial position?
- Current Liabilities
- Non-Current Liabilities
- Shareholders’ Equity
- Share Capital
- Retained Earnings
What are current assets?
Assets that are expected to be converted into cash or will be sold or used within one year of the company’s financial statement date or its operating cycle, whichever is longer.
What is a company’s operating cycle?
The average period of time it takes for a business to pay cash to obtain products or services and then receive cash from customers for these products or services.
What is the operating cycle like in a merchandising business?
The time it takes to purchase inventory, pay cash to suppliers, sell the inventory on account, and then collect cash from customers.
What is the operating cycle like in a service business?
The time it takes to pay employees, provide services on account, and then collect the cash from customers.
What are the common types of current assets? (7)
- Cash
- Trading investments
- Accounts receivable
- Notes receivable, including loans receivable
- Merchandise inventory
- Supplies
- Prepaid expenses
What are trading investments?
Investments in debt securities such as bonds of another company, or equity securities such as shares of another company, that are bought with the intention of selling the investments after a short period of time in order to earn a profit.
What are accounts receivable?
Amounts owed to the company by customers who purchased products or services on credit and are normally supported by an invoice.
What are accrued revenues?
Other types of receivables that arise when payments for revenues earned by the company have not yet been received in cash.
eg: amounts owed to the company for interest, sales tax, rent, and like items.
What are notes receivable?
Amounts owed to the company by customers or others that are supported by a written promise to repay.
What are loans receivable?
Types of notes receivable.
Are supplies a current or non-current asset?
They are a current asset because we expect that these will be used up by the business within the year.
What do prepaid expenses represent?
The cost of expenses like rent and insurance paid in advance of use.
Why are prepaid expenses current assets?
They are current assets because they reflect unused benefits such as office space and insurance coverage available for future use during the year.
How do North American companies typically list current assets?
In the order in which they are expected to be converted into cash; that is, in their order of liquidity.
What are cash equivalents?
Short-term, highly liquid investments with very little risk that can be easily sold.
What are non-current assets?
Assets which are not expected to be converted into cash, sold, or used up by the business within one year of the financial statement date or its operating cycle.
i.e. all assets that are not classified as current assets.
What are the 4 common types of non-current assets?
- Investments
- Property, plant, and equipment
- Intangible assets and goodwill
- Other assets
What’s are the 2 general types of long-term investments?
Multi-year investments in
-debt securities
-Equity securities
of other companies that management plans to hold for many years to generate investment revenues or for strategic reasons.
Why are multi-year investments in debt securities and equity securities classified as long-term?
Because they are not readily marketable or because management is not intending to sell the investment and convert it into cash within one year.
If the word investment is used without any modifier, which type of investment is it considered to be?
Long-term investments.
How are property, plant, and equipment items typically ordered in the statement of financial position?
In order of their permanency.
How do most companies record their property, plant, and equipment?
At cost. However, some companies choose to record these assets at fair value instead.
What model is a company following if it records property, plant, and equipment at fair value instead of cost?
Revaluation model. (Often used in the real estate industry)
What does it mean for something to be recorded at fair value?
Fair value is a rational and unbiased estimate of the potential market price of a good, service, or asset.
How is the cost of property, plant, and equipment allocated?
Because these assets benefit future periods, their cost is allocated over their estimated useful lives through a process called depreciation.
How do companies calculate depreciation?
By systematically assigning a portion of the asset’s cost to depreciation expense each year rather than expensing the full cost in the year the asset was purchased.
What kind of assets are depreciated and what kind are not?
Only assets with estimated useful lives are depreciated.
Land also generates revenue, but its estimated useful life is considered to be infinite as land doesn’t usually wear out or lose its value.
How should assets that are depreciated be reported on the statement of financial position?
Assets that are depreciated should be reported on the statement of financial position at cost less their accumulated depreciation.
What does accumulated depreciation show?
The amount of depreciation taken so far over the life of the asset.
What kind of account is accumulated depreciation?
It’s a contra asset account, that is, its balance is subtracted from the balance of the asset that it related to.
What is the difference between cost and accumulated depreciation referred to as?
The carrying amount, also commonly known as net book value or just simply book value.
Which 2 groups are intangible assets normally divided into?
- Those with definite useful lives
- Those with indefinite useful lives
How is the cost of intangible assets with definite useful lives allocated?
The cost of intangible assets with definite useful lives is allocated over these future periods through the use of amortization.
How are the costs of intangible assets with definite useful lives amortized?
They aren’t
How is goodwill calculated?
The difference between the price paid for the company and the fair value of the assets less liabilities acquired from the purchased company.
What does the calculated goodwill represent?
A value not attributable to any recorded asset or liability and relates to something intangible like the reputation of the company and the quality of its employees.
How is goodwill similar to intangible assets?
They both have no physical substance and will generate future value.
What do deferred income tax assets represent?
The income tax that is expected to be recovered in a later year or years due to deductions that a company is able to take when preparing its future corporate income return.
What are the 2 general categories of liabilities?
- Current liabilities
- Non-current liabilities
What are current liabilities?
Obligations that are to be paid or settled within one year of the company’s statement date or its operating cycle, whichever is longer.
What are 5 common current liabilities?
- Bank indebtedness
- Accounts payable
- Unearned revenue
- Notes payable, including bank loans payable
- Current maturities of long-term debt.
What do accounts payable represent?
Amounts owed by the company to suppliers for purchases made on credit.
What are bank indebtedness and accounts payable often called and when do they arise?
These types of payables are often called accrued payables and arise when expenses incurred by the company have not yet been paid in cash.
What does unearned revenue represent?
Cash received in advance from a customer before revenue is earned.
What are notes payable?
Amounts owed, often to banks but also suppliers or others, that are supported by a written promise to repay.
What are amounts owed to banks usually known as?
Bank loans payable.
What is current maturities of long-term debt?
The portion of the payment due to be made sometime during the next year. The remainder of the loan is classified as a non-current liability.
How do North-American companies often list their current liabilities?
In the order in which they are expected to be paid; that is, in their order of liquidity by due date.
What are non-current liabilities?
Obligations that are expected to be paid or settled after one year.
What are the 4 common types of non-current liabilities?
- Notes payable, including bank loans payable, mortgages payable, and bonds payable
- Lease Obligations
- Pension and benefit obligations
- Deferred income tax liabilities
What are mortgages payable?
Mortgages payable are similar to long-term notes but have property pledged as security for the loan.
What are bonds payable?
Bonds payable are used by large corporations and governments to borrow large sums of money.