Basic Theory and Financial Reporting Flashcards
Accrual basis
Expenses are recognized when related revenues are recorded
Accruals
Recognition precedes cash receipt/expenditure
Current cost
The amount of cash, or equivalent, would be paid if the same item was purchased currently
Current market value
The Amount of cash that would be pAid if the asset is sold
Deferral
Cash receipt/expenditure precedes accrual basis
Cost recovery method
No profit of any type is recognized until the cummulative receipts (principal and interest) exceed the cost of the asset sold
When can installment method of accoutinging can be used
When when uncertainty of the sale price exists. Ordinary profit of sale is recorded
Accrued liabilty
(Expense) that has incurred but not yet paid
In FASB, concept of reliabilty in financial reporting is ?
Neutrality, not precisin, not certainty, or effectiveness
Unerned consulting fee
Money already received but service has not been provdied yet
Prepaid insurNce calculation
Pay attention to the date of the renewal of insurance policy and calculat the remaining months
Deferred cost
A cost that has been paid in advance of its use in business and is an asset
Replacement cost
A measurement base for inventories when the replacement cost has fallen below historical cost
What are the Statements of Financial Accouting concepts intended to establish
The objectives and concepts for use indeveloping standards of financial accounting and reporting
According to FASB, objectives of financial reporting for business enterprises are based on ? A. GAAP B. reporting for regulators C. Need for conservation D. Needs of users of information
The needs of the users of the information
According to FASB conceptual framework, the relevance of providing information in financial statements is subject to the constraint of: A. Comparability B. cost-benefit C. Reliability D. Faithful representation
B. cost benefit constraint to the relevance of providing financial reports. Information is not disclosed if costs of disclosure outweighs the benefits.
Comparability is enhancing qualitative characteristic
Reliability is no longer a part of financial framewdork according to SFAC 8
Faithful representation is fundamental qualitative characteristic
The enhancing qualitative characteritics of financial reporting are:
A. Relevance, reliability, and faithful representation
B. cost benefit and materiality
C. Comparability, verifiability, timeliness, and understandability
D. Completeness, neutrality, and freedom from error
C. Are characterisitcs of enhancing qualitative financial reporting. Relevance and faithful representation are fundamental characteristic of financial reporting. Reliability is not part of characteristic.
Cost benefit is constraint and materiality is threshold for reporting useful info
D is a part of faithful representation
According to Statements of Financial Accounting concepts, neutrality is an ingredient of:
Relevance or both faithful representation
Faithful but not relevance. Neutrality means freedom from biased decisions. Relevance means predictive and confirmatory values
Fasb conceptual framework, which enhancing quality relates to both relevance and faithful representation: A. Comparability B. confirmatory value C. Predictive value D. Freedom from error
A. B c belongs to only relevance. D belongs to faithful
Fasb conceptual framework, process of reporting an item in financial statements of an entity: A. Allocation B. matching C. Realization D. Recognition
SFAC 5, recognition is the process of formally recording or incorporating an item into financial statements as an asset, liability, revenue, expense.
Sfac 6, allocation is process of assigning/distributing an amount according to a plan/formula
Matching is simultaneous recognition of revenues with expenses related directly
Realization is process of converting noncash items into money
Sfac 5, which items cause earnings to differ from comprehensive income?
A. Unrealized loss on investments classified as available for sale securities
B. unrealizable loss on investments classified as trading securities
C. Loss on exchange of similar assets
D. Loss on exchange of dissimilar assets
Per SFAC 5, earnings and comprehensive income have same components - revenues, expenses, gains, and losses - but are not same since earnings have excluded gains and losses. A included in comprehensive income but excluded from earning until realized
Under fasb sfac, comprehensive income excludes changes in equity resulting from which:
A. Loss from discontinued operations
B. prior period error correction
C. Dividends paid to stockholders
D. Unrealized loss on securities classified as available for sale
C. Sfac 6, comprehensive income includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners.
Fundamental qualitative characteristic of faithful representation has components:
A. Predictive value and confirmatory value
B. comparability, consistency, and confirmatory value
C. Understandability, predictve value, and reliability
D. Completeness, neutrality, freedom from error
D. A belongs component of relevance.
Compa and consist are enhancing
Understandability is enhancing
Conceptual framework, which statments conform to realization concept
A. Equipment depreciat assigned to production department and then to product unit cost
B. depreciated equipment was sold in exchange for a note receivable
C. Cash was collected in accounts receivavble
D. Product unit costs were assigned to cost of goods sold when the units were sold
B. realization is process of converting non cash items resources into money through sale of assets occurs at the time of sale rather than when caash is collected