F2 Flashcards
Info presented in notes to the FS have the purpose of:
providing disclosures required by GAAP
The summary of significant accounting policies should disclose:
polices such as:
basis of profit recognition on long-term construction contracts (revenue recognition)
disclosure of ______ is an integral part of the FS
accounting polices and all other disclosures
For disclosure of accounting policies, the format and location of accounting policies are not fixed by:
GAAP
Accounting policy disclosures are normally Note 1, but that is a reasonable and very general practice and not a rule of:
GAAP
For disclosure of accounting policies, disclosure should not be limited to principles and methods peculiar to the industry in which the company operates. __________ should be disclosed
All material accounting policies
Significant estimates should be disclosed when it is ________ not _____ that the estimate will change in the near term and that the effect of the change will be ______. ______ items are not disclosed.
reasonably possible, probable. material, immaterial
examples of disclosure requirements related to risks and uncertainties under US GAAP?
- disclosure of the use of estimates in the prep of the FS
- disclosure of an entity’s major products or services and its principle markets
- disclosure of concentrations when it is reasonably possible that a concentration could cause a severe impact in the near term
The summary of significant accounting policies is typically the first note provided after the FS and will include components such as:
- measurement bases,
- accounting principles and
- methods, criteria, and policies such as basis of consolidation, depreciation methods, revenue recognition, etc.
Plant asset composition will be described in a specific note related to:
PPE
Concentration of credit risk relating to financial instruments will be described in a specific note related to:
financial instruments
The method of determining which assets are considered to be cash equivalents is a:
significant accounting policy
computing depreciation principally by the straight-line method is a GAAP method of depreciation that should be described in the:
summary of significant accounting policies
Disclosing the sale of a component of a business is required:
in FS footnotes
required disclosures under IFRS but not under US GAAP:
- statement of compliance with IFRS
- disclosure of judgements made (whether a financial asset is categorized as held to maturity or available for sale)
required disclosures under both IFRS and GAAP:
- disclosure of all significant accounting policies
- disclosure of estimates made in prep of FS
required disclosures under GAAP:
- disclosure of all significant accounting policies
- disclosure of estimates made in prep of FS
required disclosures under IFRS:
- disclosure of all significant accounting policies
- disclosure of estimates made in prep of FS
- statement of compliance with IFRS
- disclosure of judgements made (whether a financial asset is categorized as held to maturity or available for sale)
qualitative assessments that could be included in mangagement discussion and analysis:
- an analysis of the company’s major competitors
- a projection of future market conditions
- management’s estimate of sales for upcoming year
mangagement discussion and analysis goes after:
FS and footnotes in form 10-K required to be filed by publicly held corporations with the SEC
Disclosure of vulnerability to concentration is required if all of the following criteria are met:
- the concentration exists as of the FS date
- the concentration makes the entity vulnerable to the risk of a near term severe impact
- it is at least reasonably possible that the events that could cause a severe impact from the vulnerability will occur in the near term
concentrations in the volume of business translated with a particular customer should be:
disclosed in notes
an entity is considered to be a going concern if it is reasonably expected to:
remain in existence and to be able to settle all its obligations for the foreseeable future.
Management is required to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue within one year after:
the date that the FS are issued
Going concern is one of several fundamental assumptions in _____. It is the only fundamental assumption in ________.
GAAP, IFRS
_____ provides specific guidance about preparing FS and necessary disclosures when liquidation is imminent. _____ doesn’t offer guidance on the basis of accounting to use in case of imminent liquidation.
GAAP, IFRS
Both IFRS and US GAAP require the evaluation of going concern status be performed by:
management
Both IFRS and US GAAP require relevant disclosures when there is doubt about:
an entity’s status as a going concern
Management believes that plans will be effectively implemented and successful in mitigating the adverse conditions (going concern). How should FS be prepared?
under the going concern assumption basis of accounting with footnote disclosure explaining the conditions that originally raised doubt about entity’s status as a going concern
The only time a BS is required under the liquidation basis of accounting is when:
the entity’s liquidation is imminent. (not a going concern)
Consideration should be given to an entity’s plans to mitigate the conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about it’s ability to continue as a going concern only if:
- if is probable that the plans will be effectively implemented, and
- it is probable that the implemented plans will be successful in mitigating the adverse conditions or events
Under IFRS, disclosure is required when _______________________ about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern
management is aware of material uncertainties that may give rise to substantial doubt
Under GAAP, disclosure is required when _______________________ about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern
there is substantial doubt (even if doubt is alleviated by management’s plans to address it)
____________ is required for a reasonably possible loss.
Only footnote disclosure
The nature of the contingency should be disclosed as well as the nature of the possible loss or range of loss. If insurance appears to be available for the entire loss except the deductible portion, _____ needs to be included in the footnote
deductible portion of loss
Even though event occurred after the date of the FS disclosure is still required since:
statements haven’t been issued
The entirety of the event occurred after balance sheet date, so there is no need to:
record JE
FS have not been issued and the actual amount of financial settlement is known. The amount should be:
included in year end FS and disclosed as a subsequent event
For entities that don’t file FS with the SEC, the subsequent event evaluation period runs through the date the FS are available to be issued, and that date is defined as:
the date when FS are in a form and format that comply with GAAP and by which all approvals for issuance have been obtained (not necessary that the FS have actually been issued)
For entities that file FS with the SEC, the subsequent event evaluation period runs through the date the FS are issued. FS are considered to be issued on the date when:
FS are in a form and format that comply with GAAP and by which the FS have been widely distributed to FS users
The subsequent event evaluation for a filer with the SEC is:
through the date that its FS are issued
The subsequent event evaluation for a nonfiler with the SEC is:
through the date that the FS are available to be issued
__________ are not required to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated
entities that file FS with SEC
__________ are required to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated and whether:
entities that don’t file with SEC, that date is the date that the FS were issued or the date or FS were available to be issued
if the resulting liability is larger than the liability originally recorded, there would be a detrimental effect on the company’s debt to equity ratio, how?
debt would be higher and equity lower
An entity should not recogize subsequent events in the FS that provide info about events that:
didn’t exist at the FS date
Fair value is a ______ measure
market-specific
Fair value is an exit price which is:
the price to sell an asset or transfer a liability
Fair value includes ____ costs but not _____ costs
transportation costs, transaction costs
The price in the principal market for an asset or liability will be the:
fair value measurement
Level ____ inputs are the most reliable Fair value measurements and Level ___ inputs are the least reliable
1, 3
Level 1 measurements are quoted prices in active markets for:
identical assets or liabilities only (most reliable)
Level 2 measurements are quoted prices in active markets for:
similar assets or liabilities
When there is no principal market, the price in the most advantageous market is:
the fair value measurement
although transaction costs are not included in the fair value measurement, they are used to determine the most advantageous market as follows:
net price = quoted price - transaction costs
if the net price is the highest it is the most advantageous market and chosen quoted price as the fair value of the asset
if Market A were the _______ market for the asset, then this would be the fair value of the asset. However, because there is _______ market, the price in the most advantageous market is the price of the asset
principal, no principal
a change in the valuation technique used to measure fair value is a change in:
estimate (per SFAS No 157)
Both __________ are acceptable methods of measuring fair value
market approach
cost approach
discounted cash flow of operations is considered to be a Level:
3 input (least reliable)
the historical performance and return on investment are considered to be level:
3 unobservable inputs (least reliable)
projected cash flows are an unobservable input based on entity assumptions and would be classified as a:
level 3 input
quoted stock prices in active stock markets are level:
1 inputs
if the net price is the highest, it is the most advantageous market and the ______ is chosen as the fair value of the asset
quoted price
Fair value is:
the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal market at the measurement date under market conditions
Fair value is an exit price, not an entrance price (____ an asset, not ____ an asset)
sell, acquire
quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active are level:
2 inputs
internally generated cash flow projections for a related asset or liability would be classified as Level 3 because:
it is based on unobservable inputs reflecting a company’s own assumptions about the way the related asset of liability would be priced
interest rates that are observable at commonly quoted intervals are level:
2 observable input
Level ___ inputs are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets
1