Financial Accounting Flashcards
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
!= tax accounting
FASB
Financial Accounting Standards Board
IFRS
International Financial Reporting Standards
Separate Entity Assumption
Assume we treat business and owner are separate entities. Focus on accounting for business not the owners
Unit of Measure Assumption
Assume the currency with which the company is operating
Going Concern Assumption
Assume the company will continue to operate
Periodicity Assumption
Assume we can pick any time period and report that time period’s financial results
Materiality
Assume that only useful financial information will be disclosed in financial statements for those that make decisions based on that information
6 Qualities of Accounting
- Understandability
- Timeliness
- Full Disclosure
- Comparability
- Objectivity
- Decision Relevance
Balance Sheet
Summarizes, as of a specific date, the
- assets owned by the company
- liabilities owed by the company to its suppliers and to lenders who have provided funds for the business
- the accumulated funds the owners of the enterprise have invested and left with the business to cover its operating needs
The Accounting Equation
Resources of the firm equal the creditor’s and owner’s claim to those resources.
Assets = Liabilities + Owners Equity
Assets
Tangible or intangible resources that can be measured in dollars which are owned by the company and can be expected to provide future economic benefits to the company.
Always equal to the sum of liabilities + owners equity
Liabilities
The dollar measure of the company’s obligations to repay monies loaned to it, to pay for goods or services it has received, or to fulfill commitments it has made.
5 Common Asset Accounts
- Cash
- Accounts Receivable & Notes Receivable
- Inventory
- Buildings & Equipment
- Copyrights & Patents
(Listed in order of liquidity)
Cost Principle
Assets are valued at their historic cost
Owners Equity
The dollar measure of the owners’ investment in the company.
Residual interest of owners to assets
OE = A - L
5 Common Liability Accounts
- Accounts Payable
- Notes Payable
- Interest Payable
- Accrued Salaries
- Deferred (unearned) Revenues
Required Financial Statements
- Balance Sheet
- Income Statement
- Statement of Cash Flows
- Statement of Owners Equity
Income Statement
Summarizes the transactions that produced revenue for the business as a result of selling its products or services during a specific time period.
The difference between aggregate revenue and aggregate expenses during a specific time period is the ‘net income (or loss)’ the business earned. Aka the profit or “bottom line”.
Accrual Basis Accounting
Revenues are recognized when earned rather than when the cash is collected.
Expenses are recognized when the goods or services are received.
Which of the following does NOT represent a cash outflow from the firm?
- Depreciation
- Taxes
- Interest Payments
- Dividends
- Salaries
Depreciation does not represent a cash outflow from the firm.
Statement of Cash Flows
Summarizes the sources of the company’s cash funds during the period and the uses the company made of those funds.
types of major activities: \+/- Operating Activities \+/- Investing Activities \+/- Financing Activities = Change in Cash
Operating Activities
Major operating cash inflow - cash receipts from selling goods or providing services
Major operating cash outflow - cash to purchases inventories or to pay operating expenses (rent, utilities, salaries, etc.)
Direct Costs vs Indirect Costs
Direct includes explicitly stating from and where cash comes and goes
Indirect starts with net income and adds adjustments to get ‘cash flow from operating activities’.
Indirect method is not permitted in IFRS but is the common practice in GAAP.
Investing Activities
Buying and selling long-term assets (land, building, equipment).
Financing Activities
Cash obtained from or repaid to owners or creditors (loans, repayments, stock issuance).
Unqualified Opinion
Equivalent to ‘clean opinion’
Modified Opinion
Means the auditor to exception to something they found
Adverse Opinion
Auditor findings are not within GAAP rules
Financial Position
Balance Sheet
CPA is not responsible for
the financial statements (the accuracy)
PCAOB
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Matching Principle
Governs expense recognition.
Costs are reported as expenses in the same time period as their related revenues.
finish this statement
Costs that cannot be matched with specific revenues are matched with…
future time periods that benefit from the cost
Capital Stock
What the company received when selling shares of its stock
Retained Earnings
Accumulated earnings less dividends
aka Retained Earnings = Accumulated Earnings - Dividends
Dividends
A distribution of earnings that occurs when a board of directors decides to distribute earnings.
Statement of Retained Earnings
Shows how retained earnings changes in a given period of time.
Beginning Retained Earnings
+ Net Income
- Dividends
= Ending Retained Earnings
“Current” assets will be handled within what timeframe?
1 year
“Long Term” assets will be handled within what timeframe?
More than 1 year
Where are cash dividends reported?
On the Statement of cash flows and ‘Cash flows from financing activities’.
Statement of Owners Equity
Summarizes the major transactions during a specific period that affected the owners’ interest in the company. Including the net income the enterprise earned and the amount of those earnings that owners elected to distribute to themselves.
Goodwill
Represents the difference between the purchase price and the fair market value (fmv) of an acquired asset at the time of purchase. If price is higher than fmv, then goodwill is positive. If price is lower than fmv, then goodwill is negative.
Current Ratio
Current Assets / Current Liabilities
A high current ratio is said to be ‘liquid’
A low current ratio is ‘illiquid’
Complete this statement
The flow of revenues depends on the seller’s completion of a … and does not depend on …
sales agreement and does not depend on the flow of cash.
Choose one
A balance sheet shows:
- Dividends distributed to stockholders
- Operating expenses for the period
- Earnings per share for the period
- Claims owners have against the assets of the firm
- Sales revenue
Claims owners have against the assets of the firm
T/F
A clean financial statement audit opinion still state that the financial statements are guaranteed to be accurate.
False
The form of business organization that is legally separate from its owners is a
- corporation
- partnership
- limited partnership
- proprietorship
- none of the above
Corporation
Which of the following would not be a liability on a Balance Sheet?
- depreciation
- deferred revenue
- accounts payable
- wages payable
- dividends payable
Depreciation
Which one of the following is NOT an example of a current asset?
- intangible assets
- pre-paid expenses
- cash
- marketable securities
- accounts receivable
Intangible assets
Which of the following is not included as an expense on the income statement?
- dividend expense
- marketing expenses
- cost of goods sold
- depreciation expense
- bad debt expense
Dividend expense
A firm reports the following income statements for FY2020: Sales of $60,550,000 Income tax of: $1,744,000 Operating expenses: $10,115,000 Cost of goods sold: $34,025,000 Interest expense: $750,000
The firm also declared and paid $947,250 in dividends in FY2020
What is the amount of the firms Net Income Before Interest and Taxes?
$16,410,000
Which of the following does NOT represent a cash outflow from the firm?
- depreciation
- taxes
- interest payments
- dividends
- salaries
Depreciation
T/F
A firms balance sheet provides representation of the current market value for the company.
False
A balance sheet dated December 31, 2018 represents the financial position of the firm:
- from Jan 1 2018 to Dec 31 2018
- only for December 31, 2018
- from the time the firm began business to Dec 31, 2018
- none of the above
Only for Dec 31, 2018
Which statement describes the accounting equation?
- Resources of the firm equal the creditors and owners claim to those resources
- the change in retained earnings equals net income less dividends
- revenue and expense transactions must equal over time
- financing activities equal investing and operating activities
- assets equal liabilities minus owners equity
Resources of the firm equal the creditors and owners claim to those resources
In accrual basis accounting
- revenues are recognized when earned rather than when cash is collected
- expenses are recognized when paid rather than when incurred
- frequently revenue are earned or recognized when merchandise is acquired to resale by paying the cost
- cash collected less cash distributed equals net income
- none of the above are correct
Revenues are recognized when earned rather than when cash is collected
T/F
The income statement represents a snapshot of the firms account balances at a point in time.
False
If bonds are issued at a premium, the stated interest rate is:
- higher than the market rate of interest
- lower than the market rate of interest
- too low to attract investors
- adjusted to a higher rate of interest
- zero
Higher than the market rate of interest