Chapter 7 - Compound Financial Instrument Flashcards
The term “financial instrument” encompasses a _____, a _____, and an _____.
Financial asset
Financial liability
Equity instrument
The characteristics of financial instruments are (3)
A. There must be a CONTRACT
B. there are at least TWO PARTIES to the contract
C. The contract shall give rise to a financial asset of one party and financial liability or equity instrument of another party
Examples of financial instrument (7)
- Cash in the form of notes and coins
- Cash in the form of checks
- Cash in bank
- Trade accounts
- Notes and loans
- Debt securities
- Equity securities
Note that most financial instruments involve one party having a contractual right to receive cash or another financial asset and another party having a contractual obligation to deliver cash or another financial asset
A financial liability is any liability that is a contractual obligation (2)
A. To deliver cash or other financial asset to another entity
B. To exchange financial instruments with another entity under conditions that are potentially unfavorable
This is a financial asset of the holder or bearer and a financial liability of the issuing government
Cash in the form of notes and coins
Financial asset of the payee and financial liability of the drawer or issuer
Cash in the form of checks
Financial asset of the depositor and a financial liability of the depository bank
Cash in bank
Financial asset if the seller as accounts receivable and financial liability of the customer or buyer as accounts payable
Trade accounts
Financial asset of the lender or creditor as notes receivable or loans receivable and a financial liability of the borrower or debtor as notes payable or loans payable
Notes and Loans
Financial asset of the investor and a financial liability of the issuer
Debt securities
Financial asset of the investor and an equity of the issuer
Equity securities
Example of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities representing a contractual obligation to deliver cash in the future include (4)
A. Trade accounts payable
B. Notes payable
C. Loans payable
D. Bonds payable
Items such as _____ and _____ are NOT FINANCIAL LIABILITIES because the outflow of economic benefits associated with them is the delivery of goods and services rather than a contractual obligation to pay cash or another financial asset
Deferred revenue
Warranty obligations
Liabilities, such as _____, that are created as a result of STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS imposed by the government are NOT also financial liabilities.
Income taxes payable
_____ are NOT financial liabilities because the obligations do not arise from contracts
Constructive obligations
A contractual obligation to exchange under potentially _____ condition is an option written or issued by the issuer to sell shares in a specified entity at LESS THAN market price. This contractual obligation is a financial liability.
Unfavorable
Any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all of its liabilities.
Equity instrument
Include ordinary share capital, preference share capital, and warrants or option
Equity instruments
PAS 32, paragraph 28, defines a _____ as a “financial instrument that contains both a liability and an equity element from the perspective of the issuer”
Compound financial instrument
One component of the financial instrument meets the definition of a financial liability and another component of the financial instrument meets the definition of an equity instrument.
Compound financial instrument