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Financial Reporting & Analysis Flashcards

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Compare finance lease to operating lease based on financial statement ratios

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Finance/Operating
Current ratio - lower/higher
Working capital - lower/higher
Asset turnover - lower/higher
ROA (early) - lower/higher
ROE (early) - lower/higher
Debt/assets - higher/lower 
Debt/equity - higher/lower
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Compare finance leases to operating leases from a financial statement perspective

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Finance/Operating
Assets - higher/lower
Liabilities - higher/lower
Net income (early) - lower/higher
Net income (later) - higher/lower
Total net income - same
EBIT - higher/lower
CFO - higher/lower
CFF - lower/higher
Total cash flow - same
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Formula for LIFO reserve

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FIFO inventory - LIFO inventory

FIFO inventory = LIFO inventory + LIFO reserve

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What is FIFO COGS?

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LIFO COGS - ΔLIFO reserve

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How is inventory valued under IFRS?

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Lower of cost or net realizable value, where NRV = estimated sales price - selling costs - completion costs

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How is inventory valued under GAAP?

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Lower of cost or market, where market is usually replacement cost and is between NRV and NRV minus a normal profit margin

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What is the accounting treatment for investments of 50%?

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50%: acquisition/consolidation

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How are trading assets reflected on the balance sheet and income statement?

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Balance sheet: fair value

Income statement: interest, dividend, realized gain/loss, unrealized gain/loss

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How are available-for-sale assets reflected on the balance sheet and income statement?

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Balance sheet: fair value, unrealized gain/loss

Income statement: interest, dividend, realized gain/loss

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How are held-to-maturity assets reflected on the balance sheet and income statement?

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Balance sheet: amortized cost

Income statement: interest, amortized discounts, realized gain/loss

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How is goodwill tested for impairment under IFRS and calculated?

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Carrying value > recoverable amount,

where recoverable amount is greater of FV less selling costs and PV of future cash flows

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How is goodwill tested for impairment under GAAP and the loss calculated?

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If carrying value of reporting unit (sum of future cash flows) > fair value of reporting unit

Then, loss = carrying value of goodwill - implied fair value of goodwill

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Formula for projected benefit obligation

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Service cost + interest cost + past service cost +/- actuarial loss/gain - benefits paid

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Formula for periodic pension cost (economic pension expense)

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Service cost + interest cost + plan amendments - actual return on plan assets

Contributions - change in funded status

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Current rate method

  • balance sheet
  • common stock
  • income statement
  • dividends
  • CTA
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  • balance sheet: current
  • common stock: historical
  • income statement: average
  • dividends: historical
  • CTA: equity
  • exposure: net assets
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Temporal method

  • balance sheet
  • common stock
  • income statement
  • dividends
  • CTA
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  • balance sheet
    • monetary assets/liabilities: current
    • nonmonetary assets/liabilities: historical
  • common stock: historical
  • income statement: average
    • COGS: historical
    • depreciation: historical
  • dividends: historical
  • CTA: income statement
  • exposure: net monetary assets
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When is temporal method used vs current rate method?

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When there is hyperinflation or the parent makes decisions for the subsidiary

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Formula for balance sheet accruals ratio

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(NOA end - NOA beg)/(Avg NOA)

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Formula for cash flow accruals ratio

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(NI - CFO - CFI)/(Avg NOA)

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Compare equity method vs acquisition method of accounting

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Equity

  • significant ownership
  • add income from investment

Acquisition

  • control
  • include minority interest on BS and IS for portion not owned
  • carrying value equals % income less dividends received
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Pension expense - IFRS

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= service costs + net interest income/expense

where net interest = discount rate*funded status (or fund assets - PBO)

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Pension expense - GAAP

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= current service costs + interest expense - expected return on plan assets

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Net operating assets

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(Total assets - cash) - (total liabilities - debt)

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