F2 Flashcards
Expenses?
Reduction of assets or increases in liabilities
Realization
Entity obtains cash or the right to receive cash
Recognition
Recording of transactions or events
Accrual and Examples?
- Earned(Revenue) or Incurred (Expense), but no cash receipt/outlay yet
- Revenue Ex: Sell an item on credit
- Expense Ex: Monthly rent exp for December not paid until January
Deferral and Examples?
- Cash receipt/outlay, but not earned(revenue) or Incurred(Exp)
- Rev Ex: Customer pre-pays for a repair done to their car
- Exp Ex: Company pre-pays insurance prem and is amort
Franchiser - Revenue Recognition
Initial Fee - Rev when substantially performed
Continuing Fees - Rev when earned
How to account for purchased intangible assets
Record at costs
How to account for internally developed assets? and Exceptions?
- Expense
- Exceptions - Legal fees (successful), registration or consulting fees, design costs, direct cost to secure the asset = capitalize
J/E - for the collection and recognizing of earned royalties
DR: Cash
CR: Unearned Royalty
DR: Unearned Royalty
CR: Earned Royalty
How is a patent amortized?
Over the shorter of its estimated life or remaining life via SL amort
Goodwill is not amortized
IFRS - Intangible assets - how are they reported?
Either Cost or revaluation method-
Cost - reported at cost adj for amort & impairment
Revaluation - Cost then revaluated to FV at revaluation date
- Losses = IS (FV < CV before revaluation) - Gains = OCI (FV > CV before revaluation) - Impairment = First reduce revaluation surplus in equity to 0 with further impairment loss reported on IS
Franchisee - Expense
Initial Fee- Intangible asset and amortize
Continuing Fee - Expense as incurred
How to account for goodwill (expense)?
- Acq Method - goodwill is the excess of an acquired entity’s FV over the FV of the entity’s net assets, including indentifiable intangible assets
- Maintain goodwill - expense
How to account for R&D? and what are the exceptions?
- Expense
2. Exceptions - materials, equipment, facilities that have alternate future uses => capitalize
Computer Software Development Cost for External Use?
Expense cost as R& D (planning, design, coding, testing) until technologically feasibility (then capitalize)
-Amortize is the greater of: Percentage of Rev and SL
Computer Software Development Cost for internal use?
- Expense-preliminary costs
- Capitalize- technologically feasible
- SL Basis of Amortization
Where is impairment loss reported?
Income from Continuing Operations
Steps to Impairment test?
Step 1: Determining the impairment = Undiscounted future net CF - Net Carrying Value (Positive result = no impairment, Negative = Impairment loss => move to next step)
Step 2: Asset Held for Use = FV - Net Carrying Value = Impairment loss (Restoration not permitted)
Step 2: Assets held for disposal =
FV =Impairment Loss \+Cost of disposal =Total impairment loss (Restoration permitted)