FRA Flashcards
20-50% Stake, what does this mean
Call these associates - you have significant influence, but not controlling inflience.
Equity Method. Why is it called the one line consolidation?
Only one line item of info is recorded on each the balance sheet and income statement
How do associate incomes and dividends effect the investor’s balance sheet
Net income is multiplied by the stake the investor has, then added to the equity method’s line item. Dividend is the inverse, subtracted
How do you calculate Goodwill? What does the formula mean?
Its a doozy.
Excess Pruchase Price = Stake - (Book Value * Percentage Acquiring) .
Then Goodwill = Excess Purchase price - Percentage aquiriing * differences between book value and fair value.
This means that the premium/more money paid to acquire/invest in x company is somewhat attributable to the differences in accounting standards - the excess of these differences is the real premium paid.
Do your associate’s revenues effect your own
No.
Explain how upstream transactions effect net income of an investor
Upstream transactions – associate to investor – are not recorded until verified by a third party, and are thus removed from net income.
Partial and Full goodwill in controlling interest formulas please
- Partial Goodwill: Stake – (% stake * change in assets [book value to fv)
- Full Goodwill : Fair Value of entity – Fair value of assets
If you purchase a company where the price you pay is less than the fair value of assets, what happens
You record the gain on the income statement immediately and record no goodwill.
Are intercompany transactions included in the reporting if a company is consolidated with another
No way
If we wanted to compare the full goodwill and partial good will methods, recite the formulas and tell me which would make shareholder equity the highest.
Partial Goodwill = Paid - (Write up of assets to bv* Stake)
Full Goodwill = FV of entity - FV of assets
The highest would be full goodwill because goodwill will waterfall down to equity.
Explain the equity method of accounting
The equity method of acocunting is how a firm stipulates that it has a significant influence over another company, it records some of the firm in which it is invested (say 20%) on its income statement. So 20% of thier income becomes your income. On your balance sheet, this number carries over from the income statement, less dividends paid.
Is the income statement by the equity method effected by dividends
No. Dividends only effect the value on the balance sheet. Dividends have nothing to do with the income statement.
What is the consolidation method of accounting in an aquisition?
This is when you have a controlling interest in another company and you consolidate financial statements. Everything AT FAIR VALUE is added to your statements
Whether you have full or partial control of another firm, does it change revenue or net income?
Revenue will get a boost if you have full control
Net income will not, it will be not be any rate higher
Explain what vesting is.
Vesting is pretty much a provision on something else happening, usually to do with post retirement benefits.. Think of it like, you can’t sell your share until you have served 10 years with x company.
Explain defined contribution plan?
This is pretty much the same as superannuation in Aus. Take $x per month and put it into a superannuation account
Explain defined benefit plan?
Defined benefit plan is where you get x benefits for life post retirement in cash money from your former employer. This has serious credit risk
How is a defined benefit plan recorded on the financial statements, explain? What challenges come with this?
Pension obligation, pension liability etc. - it is the present value of all future pension payments. Since you have to discount it all back to present value, it takes alot into consideration, like a discount rate, how much it will pay etc.
Where do you record Defined Benefit plans’ surpluses or deficits on the financial statements? How do we calculate what we record.
Balance sheet
The plan value is just the value of the fund, like FGG, today, in $ and cents. The PV of the owing is how much they are going to have to pay. When these two are not equal, you mich create another line item on the balance sheet to reflect this. Too much cash = asset, not enough = liability.
Which pose a greater credit risk, DCP or DBP
Defined Benefit, as the firm has to make up any shortfall
Which has more more credit risk and why? DBP or DCP
DBP. The liability is on the exployer to pay this as soon as the employee retires - if they can’t find the cash in their account to pay this, too bad, they gotta find it somehow.
If you change the discount rate used to determine the Net pension liability, where do you record this change before it flows through to the balance sheet? What is this called
Other comprehensive income. Remeasurement
How do you calculate the asset/liability of a DBP? How is this calculated
It is the value of the fund (FGG for example) minus the PRESENT VALUE of the payments you gotta make. It is calculated using various assumptions on the interest rate, employee compensation increases, company policy etc.
What is the periodic pension cost, and what are its 3 components and where do you record it?
Period pension cost is the change in the asset/liability of the pension payment (The fund value - PV of oncoming payments). Its 3 components are service costs (having to pay for the employees who just served a year of work, their entitlements) interest cost (interest on the asset/liability itself, required rate of return) and premeasurement (actuarial changes.)
If the fund the pension is invested in gives a return above r, where do we record this?
In the income statement under periodic pension cost. it is a part of premeasurement. In other comprehensive income
Explain the relationship between periodic pension costs and net pension liability/asset - where each is on the financial statements, what is the formula for periodic pension costs
Periodic pension cost = Ending funded status – Employer contributions – Beginning funded status.
The periodic pension cost is the expense recorded on the income statement, and it effects the value of the balance sheet item of pension asset/liability.
What is presentation currency?
The currency that the financial statement is presented in
Foreign Currency transaction exposure. Explain
This is when there is a delay between the transaction itself and when the payment is made (accounts payable situation) where the currency used is not your presentation currency.
Is benefits paid a cash outflow?
No
Are unrealised gains or losses to do with currency recorded on the financial statements if the transaction in question falls between reporting dates.
Yes
Formula for working out currency translation gains or losses recorded on statements.
Value of accounts payable at time of transaction is the cash times excahnge rate. Then at the end of the period, an unrealised gain or loss is recorded based on the movement of the market.
What is the line item on the balance sheet that is adjusted for foreign currency translations
CTA
I change the DBP’s proposed future growth trajectory, where is this change recorded?
Remeasurement in OCI
Periodic pension cost formula. Explain which account standard allows amortization and what that means for net income
- Service Cost + interest expense – expected return on assets (this is to smooth earnings) + Prior service cost (amortized from OCI) + Amortized Actuarial gains [THIS IS USGAAP]
- Current Service cost + (Interest expense – Expected return on assets) + Prior service cost
Pension Contributions and effect on operating and financing cash flow
The difference between pension cost and pension contribution should be taxed, and the after tax amount is the amount added to operating/financing cash flows.
Explain the process of reporting dual currency transactions IF the transaction extends beyond one reporting period
If this transaction falls between reporting periods, report as if you paid the bill on the last day of the period. THEN record the actual realized gain or loss in addition to that in the subsequent reporting period. The thing that is ALWAYS CHANGED IS THE VALUE OF ACCOUNTS RECIEVALBE OR PAYABLE.
Name the 2 methods for reporting/transacting the currency exchange rate in dual currency transactions
There are 3 methods for transalting a balance sheet when there is a multinational parent in the mix:
- Current method – use the current exchange rate.
- Temporal Mehtod: Anything valued at its current value on the balance sheet is done at the exchange rate. All monetary transactions (Cogs, depreciation, revenues) should be converted as at the exchange rate at the time of transaction.
Explain how to use the temporal and current methods on the BS and IS
Current Method Temporal Method
Balance Sheet
- Monetary items Current Rate Current Rate
- Non Monetary (not cash AR, AP or Debt) Current Rate Historic
Income Statement
- Revenues Average Average
- Revenues (related to non-monetary assets) Average Historic (COGs related to Inventory)
Explain when to use the temporal method
IF THE FUNCTIONAL CURRENCY OF A SUBSIDIARY IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT THE MAIN CURRENCY, USE TEMPORAL METHOD
List what each letter in CAMELs means, and what is it for?
Sussing out the risk of a bank
- Capital Adequacy: capital that a bank can access
- Asset Quality:
- Management Quality: How good is the management
- Earnings: How stable are earnings?
a. ROIC vs Required rate of return - Liquidity
- Sensitivity to market risk
Under the current method, Revenues are measured at what rate?
Average
Under the Temporal method, Debt is measured at what rate?
Current
Under the Temporal method, Fixed assets are measured at what rate?
Historic
Under the temporal method, equity are measured at what rate?
Historic
Does a bank loan have currency transaction risk?
No. once you receive the cash from a loan, you have the money, there is no delay, therefore no risk of currency rates moving around. The rate of the bank is set.
Should you disclose the foreign exchange differences included in net income under IFRS?
Of course mate
Current Rate, explain it for balance sheet and income statement items
All assets and liabilities are translated at the current exchange rate at the balance sheet date.
Stockholders’ equity accounts are translated at historical exchange rates.
Revenues and expenses are translated at the exchange rate that existed when the transactions took place. For practical reasons, a rate that approximates the exchange rates at the dates of the transactions, such as an average exchange rate, may be used.
These procedures essentially describe the current rate method.
Explain foreign currency gain or loss with an example
The gain or loss associated with each balance sheets submission must be highlighted. For example, the value of a truck (which doesn’t depreciate) that was bought in Colombia pesos will appreciate or depreciate in value based on the movement of the peso. This is captured in Foreign Currency translation gain or loss.
If you sell a subsidiary whose currency has appreciated in value, where do you record the gain?
Income statement
Why does the fair value of a company usually exceed the fair value?
Some assets held on the books are recorded at historic value, not current value