BACKGROUND OF CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK - Including IAS 1&7 (EXTRA REVIEW) Flashcards
Stipulates that the Professional Regulatory Board of Accountancy (PRBOA), which operates under the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) is responsible for the regulations of the professional accountant in the Philippines.
RA 9298: The Philippine Accountancy Act of 2004
What are the Areas of Accountancy?
- Academe
a. 2 or 3 sem = 1 year of service - Public
a. Managerial and above 1 yr: 1
b. Below Managerial= 3 yrs: 1 - Commerce and Industry
- Government
Oversees a particular profession
Philippine Regulations Commission
How many members Professional Regulatory Board of Accountancy (PRBOA) consist?
7 members including the chairman
-1 vice chairman: 1 yr: 1 term
5 members: 3 yrs: 1 term
Chairman is appointed or revoked by the President of the Philippines
T OR F
T
Standards council tasked for the adoption of IFRS and IAS in the Philippines
➤ 16 members
PRBOA → Financial Reporting Standards Council (FRSC)
Philippine Standards Accounting (PSA)
➤ Philippine Framework for Assurance Engagement (PFAE)
➤ 17 members
Auditing and Assurance Standards Council (AASC)
Has the authority to establish and interpret generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
What are the international standards?
IFRS Foundation > International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) - 22 members
IFRS Interpretations Committee
Advisory Council
All standards are based on the conceptual frameworks.
T or F
T
What are the types of users?
External Users
Internal Users
Direct Users
Indirect Users
Type of user where they are not directly involve on managing the entity
External Users
Type of user who uses the information for internal decision making
Internal Users
Type of user who protect their own investment or interest
Direct Users
Type of user who provides assistances or advice to the direct users
Indirect Users
What are the branches of accounting?
- Financial Accounting: focuses on external users
- Management Accounting: Focuses on Internal Users
- Cost Accounting: measurement and recognition of cost of services provided and products manufactured.
- Tax Accounting
- Government Accounting
- Bookkeeping: refers to the recording stage
- Auditing independent examination of financial Information
Describes the objective of and the concept for general purpose financial reporting.
Purpose of the Conceptual Framework
a. Assist the IASB to develop IFRS that are based on consistent concepts.
b. Assist preparers to develop consistent accounting policies when no standards applies to a particular transaction.
c. Assist all parties to understand and interpret the standard.
Objective of General Purpose Financial Reporting
a. Provide financial information about the entity that is useful to existing and potential investor, lenders and other in making a decision about providing funds/resources to the entity.
b. Used by: Employees, government and public
Ability or availability of cash in the near future
Liquidity
Availability of cash over long term to pay liabilities as they fall due
Solvency
General cash flows from existing resource base
Profitability
Ability to adjust to unexpected downturns
Financial Flexibility
Information about entity’s resource and claims
Financial Position
Changes in entity’s resource and claims
Comprehensive income-
Known as a present economic resource
Asset
Known as a present obligation
Liability
Known as residual interest
Equity
Increases asset, decreases liability
Income
Principal operation activities of the business
Revenue
Subtracted from the carrying value of the asset.
Gain
Decreases the asset, increases liability
Expenses
There is profit only if the physical productive capacity of the entity at the end of the period exceeds the physical productive capacity at the beginning of the same period.
Capital Maintenance Approach
What are the two qualitative characteristics?
Fundamental and Enhancing
Fundamental qualitative characteristics
Relevance and Faithful Representation
Characteristics of relevance
a. Predictive Value (forecast/predictive)
b. Confirmatory (feedback)
c.. MATERIALITY
Characteristics of Faithful Representation
a. Neutral
b. Complete- free from bias
2.1 window dressing- overstating the income and understating expense
c. free from error
Enhancing qualitative characteristics
- Verifiability- same method and principles
- Comparability- key: consistency
a. Inter-comparability (1) horizontal-2 periods (2) vertical- same period
b. Intra-comparability-industry analysis (same industry- same size) - Understandability- responsibility and purpose
a. Notes to financial statements (disclosures) - Timeliness- Reliability (timely and valid)
What are the two recognition?
a. Initial Recognition
b. Subsequent Recognition
What are the two measurements?
a. Historical Cost- including historical cost
b. Current Cost- Fair value, value in use, fulfillment value
Omission or commission of information will affect the financial statement
Materiality
General Rule not allowed
a. Should not affect the asset and liability
b. Should not offset income/expense
Offsetting
Exceptions in offsetting
EXCEPTIONS
1. Required by the standard
➤ PAS 19: Employee Benefits
Long term benefits
Defined benefit obligation
Plan Asset
2.Immaterial/Insignificant -Judgment/disclosure
3. The same transactions
Equity investment at fair value through profit and loss
Items of income profit/loss and directly reported in equity.
Other comprehensive income
Sum of amount in profit or loss and other comprehensive income
Comprehensive Income
PFRS includes?
PFRS (IASB)
PAS
Interpretations (IFRIC;SIC)
To classify, one item to another item
Reclassification of Entries
Update the balances
Adjusting entries (no errors)
To correct classification, measurement and values of the accounts
Correcting Entries(w/errors)
Components of financial position
a. Asset
b. Liability
c. Equity *as of specific date
Components of Statement of financial comprehensive income/statement of profit and loss (income statement)
a. Income
b. Expense
c. OCI items (net of tax) *for a period of time
Components of Statement of Cash flows
a. Operating
b. Investing
c. Financing *for a period of time
COMPONENTS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (PAS1)
- Financial position
- Statement of financial comprehensive income/statement of profit and loss (income statement)
- Statement of Cash flows
- Statement of changes in Owner’s equity
- Notes to financial statement accompanying information of all FS components
Criteria For Current Liabilities
- Held for trading
- Expected to be settled within normal operating cycle
- Expected to be settled within 12 months after reporting period
- Entity does not have an unconditional right to defer, the settlement of obligation for atleast 12 months of the reporting period.
a. Payable on Demand
b. Breach of contract (breached contracts needs refinancing)
What is refinancing agreement?
on or before the end of the reporting period for at least 12 months after the reporting period.