FAR 10 Flashcards
Fair value is…
Exit price
Price that is received for sell of asset
Price paid to transfer liability
Market based
Fair value DOES NOT include
Transaction costs
What determine the most advantageous market?
Transaction cost
Most advantageous market is…
The best price of asset/liability, after considering transaction costs
Quoted stock price - transactions costs
(2nd option)
Principal market
Market with greatest volume or level of activity
1st option
Valuation Techniques of Fair value measurement
- Market approach
- Income approach - PV or discounted CF
- cost approach - replacement cost
Level 1 Input
Use identical prices/value
Market approach is best
‘Most reliable’
Level 2 input
Inputs other than quoted market prices
Quote prices for similar assets/liabilities in an active market
Quote prices for identical assets/liabilities in a not active market
Level 3 Input
Unobservable Input
Discounted Cash flow
‘Management assumption’ - internally generated CF
Lease reliable
If multiple levels are used, the level of hierarchy is based on..
The lowest level significant input
Change in valuation technique is considered to be what type of accounting change?
Change in estimate
Purchase/sale of exisitng partnership interest is
Merely a swap of the partners
NO JOURNAL ENTRY
Treatment of Assets/ Liabilities of Formation of partnership
Assets - at fair value
Liabilities - record at PV
Tax rule is NBV assets contributed
3 ways for Creation of new partnership interest
- Exact
- Bonus
- Goodwill
Exact
‘Creation of new partnership interest’
- When purchase price = B/V of capital account purchased
Old partners’ capital account ‘dollars’ stay the same
NO BONUS/GOODWILL
Fraction of the required interest % (e.g. if it asks for 25% interest in the partnership, then it is 1/4)
1/4, 4-1 = 3, total $ in partnership/3
Bonus
‘Creation of new partnership interest’
Bonuses are adjusted between old and new partners’ capital accounts and do not affect partnership assets.
Calculation
Step 1: Calculate the total capital account, including new capital account
Step 2: total capital account x new partner’s interest= how much new partner gets
If new partner pays > gets, bonus is for existing partner
Increase existing partners’ capital accounts
DR Cash
CR Capital A
CR Capital B
CR capital C
If new partner pays
Goodwill
‘Creation of new partnership interest’
GOODWILL GO TO OLD PARTNERS
Same capital amount as investment for new partner
Calculation
Step 1: compute implied value = investment amount of new partner/new partnership interesr
Step 2: Total partner’s capital accounts = sum up all the partner’s capital amount
Step 3: Goodwill = implied value - partners’ capital account
DR Cash DR Goodwill CR Old partner CR old Parter CR Capital (amount contributed)
Profit & Loss Allocation
Total profit and loss SUBTRACT: Interest SUBTRACT: salaries SUBTRACT: bonus Equal : Total profit & loss to allocate per profit and loss ratio
Withdraw of partner
‘Bonus Method’
Implied goodwill is allocated to existing partner
Step 1: Revalue Asset
DR Asset Adjustment
CR: Capital A
CR: Capital B
STep 2: Payoff withdraw partner
DR Capital A
DR Capital B
CR Cash
Withdraw of partner
‘Goodwill Method’
Implied goodwill is allocated to ALL partner
Step 1: revalue assets to reflect FV
DR asset adjustment
CR Capital A
CR Capital B
Record goodwill
DR Goodwill
CR Capital A
CR capital B (equal to the exact buyout amount)
Payoff withdraw partner
DR capital B
CR Cash
Liquidation of partnership
- Creditors, including partner who are creditors, MUST BE PAID FIRST
- All partners’ capital account
Loss on liquidation of partnership
Must be SUBTRACTED from total partnership account before any distribution is made to partners
Assets contributed by the partner are valued at…
FV - any related liabilities
Variable interest entities
‘Consolidation required even if company owns no stock if 3 conditions met’
- Variable interest - have financial stake in another company
- variable interest entities
- primary beneficiary - power to direct activities of variable interest entity, get P&L
Identifying a variable interest in a business entity
Step 1
1 Company and business entity have an arrangement
2. Business entity is a legal entity
Characteristics of variable interest entities
Step 2
- Insufficient level of equity investment
- Inability to make decisions
- Cannot absorb loss or obtain gain
- Disproportional voting rights
Primary Beneficiary Consolidates
- Has power to direct activities
2. Get loss/gain
Private company may elect
NOT to consolidate
Asset Retirement Cost ‘Journal Entry’
DR Asset retirement Cost (asset)
CR Asset retirement obligation (liability)
Asset & Liability at PV
Accretion cost
‘Asset Retirement Obbligation’
Interest Expense
DR Accretion Expense
CR Asset Retirement Obligation
Depreciation Expense
‘Asset Retirement Obligation’
DR depreciation Expense
CR Accumulated Depreciation (decrease asset retirement cost)
Asset retirement obligation formula
accumulative accretive expense + cumulative depreciation expense
Upward revision to undiscounted cash flows
“new” liabilities
Increase
Current discount rate
Downward revision to undiscounted cash flows
“old” liabilities
Decrease
Use historical (weighted average) discount rate
Accretion Expense is
Interest Expense
Increase obligation
Depreciation expense
Decrease asset