FAR Flashcards
Discount on bonds payable reported as what on balance sheet
A debit balance liability
Percent completion method
To calculate total costs you…
Total profit x (actual costs in the period of question/total costs)
Add costs incurred to date plus costs estimated to complete
Change in accounting estimate affects these periods
Change in accounting principle does this:
Current and future
Shown as an adjustment to beginning balance of retained earnings on the retained earnings statement
If there is a change in accounting estimate and it is inseparable from a change in accounting principle, you treat it as:
A change in estimate, which means a change prospectively as a component of income from
Continuing operations
For changes in accounting principle (like weighted average to LIFO), adjust retained earnings how
By the difference as of the end of the prior year/beginning of this year amount
Changes in accounting estimates affects which periods
Current and future. Does not affect prior periods nor will require any adjustment to retained earnings.
If inventory is understated, what effect does that have on net income?
Net income will be understated also.
OCI items include:
changes in funded status of a pension plan, unrealized gains/losses on AFS debt securities, foreign currency items, instrument specific credit risk, and effective portion of cash flow hedges
Subsequent event period for a non-filer is the period at which:
If the entity is a filer, this changes the above by adding the additional criterion of:
The financial statement have been created in US GAAP compliant fashion AND all necessary approvals have been obtained
The subsequent event period extends to the point at which the financial statements have been ‘widely distributed’ to financial statement users in a GAAP compliant format (but they don’t have to disclose this date)
When there is no principal market for a financial asset, the fair value measurement is:
The price in the most advantageous market AKA the highest price. Note: Include the transaction costs in determining which market is the most advantageous.
The principal market for a fair value question is the market that:
Has the highest volume of activity, as long as the market participant has access to that particular market
The 3 criteria to know when to report on a business segment
10% or greater or:
1) identifiable assets
2) operating profit (of all segments not having an operating loss)
3) combined revenue
When determining business segment profit and loss, do you include ‘general expenses’ or ‘expenses not traceable to any one division’ kind of stuff?
No
This is the form to file when there is a major corporate event
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This regulation from the US Securities and Exchange commission contains the regulations for financial statement presentation and disclosure requirements:
Regulation S-X (SEC brings the SEX)
SEC filing form 3 contains
Information regarding the filer’s ownership of the business’s securities
The enhancing qualitative characteristics in SFAC number 8 of the conceptual framework for financial reporting are:
comparability, verifiability, timeliness, understandability
Cumulative effect from a change in accounting principle is shown as
an adjustment to beginning retained earnings
Large accelerated filers have (x) days to file their 10-Q after the end of the quarter and small filers have (y) days
40 for large, 45 for small
To convert cash to accrual accounts:
Liabilities add what balance:
Assets add what balance
Liabilities: Add Beginning balance
Assets: Add ending balance
The conversion of cash basis revenue (aka cash receipts from customers) to accrual basis includes:
1) add ending accounts receivable
2) subtract beginning accounts receivable
3) subtract ending unearned revenue
4) add beginning unearned revenue
For adjustments from cash basis to non cash basis, remember if you’re working expenses or revenues to adjust the signs on your beginning asset and liability balances
just a standalone fact
To calculate expenses on accrual basis, or any part of the equation, the equation is
Beginning balance + payments made - additional expense amounts = ending balance
Debt ratio is calculated as:
Total liabilities/total assets
A/R Turnover is calculated as:
end of year sales divided by AVERAGE a/r
OCI includes:
1) changes in the funded status of a pension plan
2 unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities
3) foreign currency items
4) instrument-specific credit risk
5) the effective portion of cash flow hedges
For something to be classified as a financing arrangement:
The repurchase price should be greater than purchase price and expected market value
For financial information to be relevant, it must:
Have predictive value, confirming value, and be material
Inventory turnover is defined as:
COGS/Avg. Inventory ‘ENDING INVENTORY DIVIDED BY COST OF GOODS SOLD PER DAY’
Working Capital is defined as:
Current assets - current liabilities
Days in Inventory is defined as:
Ending Inventory/(COGS/365)
Asset Turnover is defined as:
Sales/avg. total assets
Dupont return on assets is defined as:
net income/average total assets
Return on equity is calculated as:
(Net income-preferred dividends)/average equity
Calculation metrics for COGS, purchases, and all that stuff:
Beginning inventory+purchases = goods available for sale
Goods available for sales-ending inventory = COGS
Times interest earned =
(net income + interest expense)/interest expense
Quick ration =
cash+net receivables+marketable securities/current liabilities
Net profit margin is calculated as:
net income/net sales