Chapter 7 Flashcards
It shall be applied in the presentation and preparation of the General Purpose Financial Statements (GPFS).
Provisions of PPSAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements and the applicable Philippine Application Guidance
Objectives of General Purpose Financial Statements (GPFS)
To provide information about the financial position, financial performance, and cash flows of an entity that is useful to a wide range of users in making and evaluation decisions about the allocation of resources.
Objectives of General Purpose Financial Reporting in the public sector (2)
- To provide information useful for decision-making
- to demonstrate the accountability of the entity for the resources entrusted to it.
These are the specific principles, bases, conventions, rules and practices applied by an entity in preparing and presenting financial statements.
Accounting policies
It comprises cash on hand and cash in bank (held under current and savings accounts) and cash treasury accounts.
Cash
These are short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.
Cash Equivalents
These are inflows and outflows of cash and cash equivalents.
Cash Flows
This is an adjustment of the carrying amount of an asset or a liability, or the amount of the periodic consumption of an asset, that results from the assessment of the present status of, and expected future benefits and obligations associated with, assets and liabilities. This results from new information or new developments, and accordingly, are not correction of errors.
Change in accounting estimate
It is the process of preparation, presentation, and submission of general purpose financial statements and other reports. Its objective is to provide information about the entity that is useful to users for accountability purposes and decision-making.
Financial Reporting
These are those intended to meet the needs of users who are not in a position to demand reports tailored to meet their particular information needs.
General Purpose Financial Statements
These are material if they could, individually or collectively, influence the decisions or assessments of users made on the basis of the financial statements. Materiality depends on the nature or size of the omission or misstatement judged in the surrounding circumstances. The nature of size of the item, or combination of both, could be the determining factor.
Material omissions or misstatements of items
These contain information in addition to that presented in the Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Financial Performance, Statement of Changes in Net Assets/Equity, and Statement of Cash Flows. These provide narrative descriptions or disaggregation of items disclosed in those statements and information about items that do not qualify for recognition in those statements.
Notes
This means applying the new accounting policy to transactions, other events, and conditions occurring after the date as at which the policy is changed.
Prospective application of a change in accounting policy
This means recognizing the effect of the change in the accounting estimate in the current and future periods affected by the change.
Prospective application of recognizing the effect of a change in an accounting estimate
This is applying a new accounting policy to transactions, other events, and conditions as if that policy had always been applied.
Retrospective application
This is correcting the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of amounts of elements of financial statements as if a prior period error had never occured.
Retrospective restatement.
Purpose of Financial Statements
A. Financial statements are a structured representation of the financial position and financial performance of an entity
B. General purpose financial statements can also have a predictive or prospective role, providing information useful in predicting the level of resources required for continued operations, the resources that may be generated by continued operations, and the associated risks and uncertainties.
C. Financial statements provide information about an entity
How are the objectives of general purpose financial reporting in the public sector achieved? (5)
- providing information about the sources, allocation, and uses of financial resources;
- providing information about how the entity financed its activities and met its cash requirements;
- providing information that is useful in evaluating the entity’s ability to finance its activities and to meet its liabilities and commitments;
- providing information about the financial condition of the entity and changes in it;
- providing aggregate information useful in evaluating the entity’s performance in terms of service costs, efficiency and accomplishments;
What are other infomation provided to users by financial reporting? (2)
- indicating whether resources were obtained and used in accordance with the legally adopted budget; and
- indicating whether resources were obtained and used in accordance with legal and contractual requirements, including financial limits established by appropriate legislative authorities.
What are information about an entity that are provided by financial statements? (8)
- Assets
- Liabilities;
- Net assets/equity;
- Revenue;
- Expenses;
- Other changes in net assets/equity;
- Cash flows; and
- Comparison of budget and actual amounts.
Who is responsible for the fair presentation and reliability of financial statements?
The management of the reporting entity, particularly the head of finance/accounting office and the head of entity or his authorized representative.
It shall serve as the covering letter in transmitting the entity financial statements to the COA, and other regulatory agencies and other entities.
It shows the entity’s responsibility for the preparation and presentation of the financial statements.
Statement of Management Responsibility for Financial Statements
What are the components of Financial Statements? (6)
- Statement of Financial Position (SFP) (Annex A);
- Statement of Financial Performance (SFPer) (Annex B);
- Statement of Changes in Net Assets/Equity (SCNA/E) (Annex C);
- Statement of Cash Flows (SCF) (Annex D);
- Statement of Comparison of Budget and Actual Amount (SCBAA) (Annex E); and
- Notes (Annex F), comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes. (Par. 21, PPSAS 1)
What are the qualitative characteristics of Financial Reporting? (11)
- Understandability
- Relevance
- Materiality
- Timeliness
- Reliability
- Faithful representation
- Substance over form
- Neutrality
- Prudence
- Completeness
- Comparability
It consists of accounting system on accrual basis and budget reporting system on budget basis under the statutory responsibility of the NGAs, Bureau of Treasury (BTr), Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the COA
Financial Reporting System for the National Government
When the presentation or classification of items in the financial statements is amended, comparative amounts shall be reclassified unless the reclassification is impracticable. When comparative amounts are reclassified, an entity shall disclose: (3)
- The nature of the reclassification;
- The amount of each item or class of items that is reclassified; and
- The reason for the reclassification.
When it is impracticable to reclassify comparative amounts, an entity shall disclose: (2)
- The reason for not reclassifying the amounts; and
- The nature of the adjustments that would have been made if the amounts had been reclassified.
The following information shall be displayed prominently, and repeated when it is necessary for a proper understanding of the information presented: (6)
- The name of the reporting entity or other means of identification, and any change in that information from the preceding reporting date;
- Whether the financial statements cover the individual entity or a group of entity;
- The reporting date or the period covered, whichever is appropriate to that component of the financial statements;
- Name of fund cluster;
- The reporting currency; and
- The level of rounding used in presenting amounts
Financial statements shall be presented ______
At least annually
When an entity’s reporting date changes and the annual financial statements are presented for a period longer or shorter than one year, an entity shall disclose, in addition to the period covered by the financial statements:
- The reason for using a longer or shorter period; and
- The fact that comparative amounts for certain statements such as the statement of financial performance, statement of changes in net assets/equity, cash flow statement, and related notes are not entirely comparable.
It includes the preparation and submission of trial balances, financial statements, and other reports needed by fiscal and regulatory agencies.
Financial reporting
Sub-systems of financial reporting (2)
- Preparation and submission of trial balances and other reports.
- Preparation and submission of financial statements.