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Question 1

SEC regulations for the financial statement presentation and disclosure requirements for SEC filings can be found in

Answer 1

Regulations S-X

S-K is for non-financial reporting requirements for public companies
S-T is for electronic filings
S-B is for small business issuers

Question 2

Costs of one year warranties are estimated and accrued for a one year period for financial reporting purposes

Determine how the tax difference would be classified on the FS

Answer 2

Temporary timing difference, non-current asset

Warranty expenses are deducted for tax purposes when paid. Therefore they are a future benefit when paid.

Question 3

A company elects to prepay its liability insurance for a one year period that overlaps its BS date.

Determine the tax difference and how it would be classified on the FS

Answer 3

Temporary timing difference, non-current liability

Expenses paid in advance are taxed at the time of payment. Thus prepaid will reduce the current tax but increase tax in the future. Therefore it is a future tax liability.

Question 4

On Aug 31, yr 2 Harvey decided to change from FIFO to WA inventory. Harvey is a calendar year basis, uses GAAP and does not present comparative FS. The cumulative effect of the change is determined as of?

Answer 4

Jan 1, yr 2.

If there were comparative FS then an adjustment to beginning RE would be necessary

Question 5

On Apr 1, yr 2 Hill issued 200 of its $1,000 face bonds at 101 plus accrued interest. The bonds were dated Nov 1, yr 1 and bear interest at an annual rate of 9% payable semiannually on Nov 1 and May 1. What amount did hill receive from the bond issuance?

Answer 5

209,500

200x1,000x1.01 = 202,000
Interest accrued = 200,000x.09x5months = 7500

202,000+7500 = 209,500 cash received

The remainder of the transaction would be

Cr Bond payable 200,000
Cr Unamortized Premium 2,000
Cr Bond Interest Payable 7,500

Question 6

Dawg Corp changed from FIFO to LIFO.

What is the type of change and method to account for

Answer 6

Change in Accounting principle

Prospective

Question 7

Duck Co. changed from income tax basis to full accrual.

Type of change and method to account for

Answer 7

Correction of an Accounting error

Restate prior periods

A change from non GAAP to GAAP is considered to be error correction

Question 8

Gosling LLC was acquired by Goose International

Type of Change and method to account for

Answer 8

Change in entity

Retrospective

Gosling will restate prior periods presented for comparative purposes. Under GAAP this restatement is called retrospective adjustment.

Question 9

Kitty Corp decided to improve shareholder return by changing from LIFO to FIFO

Type of change and method to account for

Answer 9

Not an acceptable change, no change

If a company is changing its method presumably because it expects COGS or decrease, improve net income, shareholder returns and stock price then the change is not acceptable.

Question 10

The final judgement in a lawsuit is decided in the current year. The amount is significantly greater than previously recorded in prior year.

Type of change and method to account for

Answer 10

Change in estimate

Prospective

No need to restate prior estimate.

Question 11

Gruber Township owns and operates a utility that provides Water and Sewer services. Although the service is primarily supported by user fees, the system receives a general tax subsidy from the General Fund. What fund would Gruber most likely use to account for the transactions of its utility operations?

Answer 11

Enterprise Fund.

Operations primarily funded by outside user charges would be Enterprise fund.

Question 12

Dollar LIFO computed index

Answer 12

Ending inventory at current year cost / Ending inventory at base year cost

Question 13

A 10 mil budgeted excess of revenues over appropriations should be

• debited to budgetary control
• credited to budgetary control
• debited to estimated excess revenues control
• credited to estimated excess revenues control

Answer 13

credited to budgetary control

Question 14

Gow and Cubb formed a partnership on march 1 and contributed the following

• Gow, Cash 80,000
• Cubb, Equip 50,000

The equipment was subject to a mortgage of 10,000 that was assumed by the partnership. The partners agreed to share profits and losses equally. Cubb’s capital account at March 1 should be:

Answer 14

40,000

FMV of equip 50,000 less mortgage assumed 10,000 = 40,000

Question 15

When the recoverability of a building’s carrying value is determined to be impaired, the building’s FV is measured as the:

Answer 15

Price based on observable inputs in its principal market.

Question 16

Marble foundation is financially interrelated with its beneficiary organization, Boulder University. Receipts of Marble Foundation would be displayed/ disclosed in the Boulder University FS as:

Answer 16

A change in the university’s interest in the foundation on the statement of activities

Question 17

On Jan 1 Parker acquired 30% of Smiths outstanding stock for 400,000. During yr 1 Smith had net income of 100,000 and paid 30,000 in dividends. On Jan yr 2 Parker acquired additional 45% interest for 1,012,500. The FV Jan yr 2 was 2,250,000. What amount of gain will Parker record in yr 2?

Answer 17

254,000

yr 1 gain BB 400,000 + share of NI 30,000 - share of dividends 9,000 = 421,000
FV of their interest 75% * 2,250,000 = 1,687,500 - 1,012,500 = 675,000
675,000 - 421,000 = 254,000

Question 18

How should state appropriations to a state university choosing to report as engaged only in business-type activities be reported in its statement of revenues, expenses and changes in net position?

Answer 18

Nonoperating revenues

receiving state appropriations represents non-exchange transaction

Question 19

On Dec 31 yr 1 Wall Corp. issued 100,000, 10% bonds for 100,000. The bonds are dated Dec 31, yr 1 and mature Dec 31, yr 11. Interest will be paid semiannually on June 30 and Dec 31. In Wall’s Sept 30 yr 2 BS, what is the amount of accrued interest exp?

Answer 19

2500

100,000 x .1 x 3/12 = 2500

Question 20

In determining major funds required for reporting in a government’s fund FS, a government would consider which of the following statistics?

• Aggregate Revenues or Expenditures
• Aggregate assets or liabilities
• Aggregate fund balance / equity

Answer 20

Aggregate revenues / expenditures

aggregate assets / liab.

Question 21

If a premium on a bonds payable transaction is not amortized, what is the effect on interest expense and stockholder eq?

Answer 21

Bond premium is amortized over the life of the bond decreasing interest exp each period. If interest exp is not amortized then it will be overstated. If interest exp is overstated then net income will be understated. Net income understate means stockholder eq is understated.

Question 22

Which of the following are included in general funds encumbrance account?

• outstanding vouchers payable amounts
• outstanding purchase order amounts
• excess of the amount of a purchase order over the actual expenditure for that order

Answer 22

outstanding purchase order amounts

Question 23

Complex Casting has 500,000 shares of common stock outstanding. The company has the following potentially dilutive securities:

50,000 stock options exercisable at $50
60,000 stock warrants exercisable at $35
25,000 shares of $100 par 5% cumulative preferred stock. Convertible to 4 shares of common stock.
avg market price for company stock is $40

Net income for the year is $1,000,000, tax rate 40%.

determine whether each is dilutive or anti-dilutive

Answer 23

Stock options are $50 which is greater than 40 so anti-dilutive
Stock warrants are $35 so dilutive

PS 25,000 x 100 x .05 = 125,000
Basic EPS 1,000,000 - 125,000 PS / 500,000 = 1.75
If converted then there will be 600,000 outstanding.
100,000 / 600,000 = 1.67 PS is dilutive

Question 24

All of the following statements regarding notes to the basic FS of governmental entities are true except

• it is acceptable to present notes in a very extensive format.
• Notes that are considered essential to the basic FS need to be presented
• some notes presented by governments are identical to notes presented in business FS
• the notes contain disclosures related to required supplementary info

Answer 24

notes contain disclosures related to required supplementary info

notes are related to the FS, not supplementary info

Question 25

A 20 year lease, classified as an operating lease, provides a 10% increase in annual payments every five years. In the sixth year, compared to the fifth year, the lease will cause the following expenses to increase

• Lease
• Interest

Answer 25

Neither

The lessee shall record an operating lease using the straight-line basis. The variable payment would have been factored into the PV of the lease liab.

Question 26

Jan 1, yr 1 Cain Corp issued 200 of its 9% 1,000 bonds at 103. The bonds are date Jan 1, yr 1 and mature Jan 1, yr 11. Interest is payable semiannually on Jan 1 and July 1. Cain paid bond issuance costs of 5,000. On Jan 1, yr 1 the net carrying value of the bond liab is

Answer 26

201,000

Dr Cash 201,000
Cr Premium 1,000
Cr Bond Liab. 200,000

Question 27

A not for profit art museum has elected not to capitalize its donated permanent collections. In yr 1 a bronze statue was stolen. The statue was not recovered and insurance proceeds of 35,000 were paid to the NFP. This transaction would be reported in

Answer 27

The statement of cash flows as cash from investing activities

Insurance proceeds associated with the loss of long lived assets.
Contributed items not capitalized should not be recognized as revenues or gains.

Question 28

Brad Corp has unconditional purchase obligations associated with product financing arrangements. These obligations are reported as liabilities on Brad’s BS, with the related assets. In the notes to the FS, the aggregate amount of payments for these obligations should be disclosed for how many years following the date of the latest BS?

Answer 28

5 years

Question 29

yr 1, may corp acquired land by paying 75 down and signing a note with a maturity value of 1,000. On Dec 31, yr 6 May owed 40 accrued interest and 1,000 principal. May was in financial difficulty and was unable to make any payments. May and the bank agreed the amend the not as follows

• 40 accrued interest forgiven
• principal reduced from 1,000 to 950.
• May would pay 30 interest on new note.

What would May report as a gain on troubled debt restructuring?

Answer 29

60

Face 1,000 + accrued 40
FV of new debt 950 + Interest payment 30 = 980
1040-980 = 60

Question 30

On Dec 31, yr 1 BS, Nilo Corp reported bonds payable of 8,000 less unamortized bond issuance costs of 430. On Jan 2, yr 2 Nilo retired 4,000 of the outstanding bonds plus 100 of the premium. What amount should Nilo report in its yr 2 IS as a loss on extinguishment?

Answer 30

315

Bond retired 4,000
less share of issuance cost (4,000/8,000*430) = 215
Net 3,785
Reacquisition price 4100
loss of 315