Conceptual Framework Flashcards
Relevance:
Predictive Value
Confirmatory Value
Materiality
Faithful Representation:
Complete
Neutral
Free from Error
Enhancing Qualities:
Comparability
Verifiability
Timeliness
Understandability
Comprehensive income includes:
Operating income, per SFAC 6
Equals net of its cash receipts and cash outlays, excluding cash invested by owners or distributions to owners
Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts:
issued to establish a framework from which financial accounting and reporting standards could be developed. Provide theory behind accounting and reporting and provide guidance when no GAAP exists
Measurement Bases:
Current Market Value
Discounted Cash Flow
Replacement Cost
SFAC 6, “Recognized” =
Recorded
SFAC 6, Gains and Losses:
may be classified as operating or nonoperating
SFAC 6, Revenues:
inflows of assets or settlements of liabilities, or both, during a period as a result of an entity’s major or primary operations
(1) arise from a company’s primary earnings activities
(2) are recurring or continuing in nature
Recognizing depletion expense is an example of:
Allocation - process of assigning or distributing an amount according to a plan or formula
Amortization - allocation process for accounting for prepayments and deferrals