focus Flashcards
Balance sheet has what type of information and position
Direct; financial
Statement of Earnings and Comprehensive income has what type of information and focus?
Direct; entity perfomance
Statement of cash flows has what type of information and focus?
Direct; entity cash flows
Financial statements taken as a whole for us entities has what type of information and focus?
Indirect; management and preformance
What is the primary users of accounting information?
Existing and potential investors, lenders, and other creditors
what are the pervasive constraints for GAAP
Benefit out ways cost; decision usefulness
What are the fundamental qualitative characteristics for GAAP
Relevance and Faithful Representation
What are the components of relevance?
Predictive and confirmatory value
What are the components of faithful representation
Complete, neutral, and free from error
What are the enhancing qualitative characteristics?
Comparability, verifiable, timeliness, and understandability
What are the fundamental characteristics of IFRS?
Relevance and faithful representation
What are the aspects of relevance for IFRS?
predictive value; feedback value and materiality
what are the aspects of faithful representation for IFRS?
Completeness; neutrality and free from error
What are the enhancing characteristics of IFRS?
Comparability; verifiable, timeless, understandability
what is the primary constraints of IFRS
Benefit out ways cost
What are the primarily differences between private and public companies?
Access to management; investment strategies;
ownership and capital structors; accounting resources,
what are IFRS Elements in accounting?
Assets, Liabilities, Equity (include both rev and gains); expenses (includes expenses and losses)
what are the types of revenue recognition?
Accrual; installment, cost recovery
what does accrual method focus on?
collection reasonably assured; degree of uncollectabilty estimable
what dpes installment sale focus on?
collection that is not reasonably assured
what does cost recovery focus on?
collection not reasonably assured no basis to determine whether of not collectible
WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN THE INSTALLMENT METHOD FOR DEFERED GROSS PROFIT?
INSTALLMENT RECEIVABLES BALANCE X GROSS PROFIT PERCENTAGE
WJERE DOES DEFERRED GROSS PROFIT GO ON?
BALANCE SHEET