FAR - F1 & F2: Standard Setting, Income Statement, and Reporting Requirements Flashcards
F1: Either “unusual in nature” or “infrequent in occurrence”
**“Infrequent in occurrence” but not unusual in nature
presented in “income from continuing operations”
F1: Both “unusual in nature” and “infrequent in occurrence”
presented in “extraordinary items”
F1: Change in method or
Change in “Accounting principle”
**Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
GR: “Retro”
handled retroactive or retrospective calculations should be made.
**Equals the difference between retained earnings at the beginning of period of the change and what retained earnings would have been if the change was applied to all affected prior periods.
F1: Change in estimate
should handle prospectively - reported in current and future periods income from continuing operations.
- *NOT an error - DO NOT restate prior periods
- *NOT prior periods and NOT retained earnings
- *NO cumulative effect adjustment is name
- *NO separate line item presentation is made in the F/S
- *ONLY the footnote disclosure is necessary, if material change is being make.
F1: Change in the method of depreciation
Now considered to be both a change in method and a change in estimate.
F1: Corrections of errors of prior periods
Go to retained earnings statements as an adjustment of the opening balance
F1: General and Administrative expenses (Manufacturing co.)
Accounting and legal
Officers salaries
Insurance
F1: Freight-in
part of cost of inventory or cost of sales
F1: Freight-out
part of selling expenses
F1: Sales Representatives salaries
Part of Selling expenses
F1: Changes in “Accounting Entity”
Restate
F1: Under IFRS - Change in Accounting principle
Entity must present 3 balance sheets:
- End of current period
- End of Prior Period
- Beginning of prior period
F1: Change is accounting principle inseparable from a change in accounting estimate
Treated like a change in accounting estimate, prospectively.
F1: A Transaction that is unusual in nature OR infrequent in occurance
Should be reported as part of income from continuing operations and NOT net of tax
F1: IDEA memonic
Income from Continuing Operation => Gross (Before Tax)
Discontinued Operation => Net of Tax
Extraordinary Income => Net of Tax
Accounting Change => Retained Earnings
F1: Change in the reporting entity
Retrospectively, including note disclosures, and application to all prior period financial statements presented.
**If comparative financial statements are presented and a change of reporting entity has occurred, all previous financial statements that are presented in the comparative financial statements should be restated.
F1: ERROR CORRECTION
Prior Period Adjustment - Resate
F1: Comprehensive Income
All items included in “Net Income” (Income from continuing operation, discontinued operation and Extraordinary items) plus “Other Comprehensive Income” items
F1: Comprehensive Income includes all changes in equity during a period
Except those resulting from owner investments and distributions to owners
F1: Unrealized Holding gain on Available-for-sale securities
included in “Other Comprehensive Income”
F1: “Other Comprehensive Income” Includes… PUFER
Persion Adjustments
Unrealized gains and losses(Available-for-securities)
Foreign Currency items
Effective portion cash flow hedges
Revaluation surplus (IFRS only)
- Changes in the funded status of a pension plan
- Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities
- Foreign currency translation adjustments.
- Effective porting of cash flow hedges
- Pension gain
- Revaluation surplus
F1: “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income”
Is a component of Stockholder’s equity on the balance sheet
F1: “Comprehensive Income”
- Can be reported in a separate statement of comprehensive income or in a statement of income and comprehensive income.
- Comprehensive income includes only non-owners changes in equity. Stock transactions and dividends are not included in comprehensive income.
- Comprehensive income is reported in interim financial statements and year-end financial statements.
F1: “Net Income” includes…
- Unrealized loss on the trading security
2. Revaluation loss