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Failure to accrue a cost in 20x1 is an error which should be reported in 20x2 as…

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As a prior period adjustment

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Any error in the financial statements of a prior period discovered after the financial statements are issued, shall be reported as…

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An error correction, by restating prior period financial statements

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Change in depreciation is a change in accounting estimate shown on…

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The income statement

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With respect to the objective of general purpose financial reporting, what are US GAAP and IFRS differences?

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With the issuance of SFAC 8, chapter 1, US GAAP and IFRS have
The same “objective of general purpose financial reporting”

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How should the effect of a change in accounting principle that is inseparable from the effect of a change in accounting estimate be reported?

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As component of income from continuing operations

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Whenever a change in accounting principle is inseparable from a change in accounting estimate, the change should be considered as…

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A change in an accounting estimate

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Guaranteed residual value should be added to…

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Minimum lease payments at present value

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Capital lease accounting for a lesser involves determining…

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Amounts and timing of all cash flows not considered Executory
Costs

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Capital lease accounting for a lessee includes…2

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1 minimum lease payments

2 residual values

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Under a capital lease of a lesseeThe sum of minimum lease payments and guaranteed residual value is…

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Capitalized as an asset

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Under IFRS, what are 2 measurements allowed to estimate and report a liability for the cost of settling a lawsuit?

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1 use range of amounts that may be lost in lawsuit and the best
Number in the range must be chosen to accrue

2 chosen amount must always be discounted to present value

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When calculating units of production method of depreciation, what is the calculation in the first year

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Depreciation expense =

Cost - Salvage value) x (units consumed/total units

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The first balance sheet must recognize all assets and liabilities as required by IFRS and…

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All assets and liabilities as required by IFRS

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For available for sale securities, if a decline in value is not temporary, the cost basis of the individual security should be…

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Written down to fair value and the amount of the write down

Is included in earnings (income statement)

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A financial instrument that embodies an unconditional obligation or one other than an outstanding share that embodies a conditional obligation, that the issuer must or may settle by issuing a variable number of its equity shares must be classified as a liability if at inception, the monetary value of the obligation is based solely or predominantly on any one of the following 3 conditions…

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1 fixed monetary amount known at inception

2 variations in something other than the FV of issuer’s equity shares

3 variation inversely related to changes in FV of issuer’s equity shares

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Fixed monetary amount known at inception, example

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Payable settleable with variable number of issuer’s equity shares

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Variations in something other than the fair value of the issuer’s equity shares, example

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Financial instrument indexed to S&P 500 and settleable with a
Variable number of issuer’s equity shares

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Variations inversely related to changes in fair value of the issuer’s equity shares, example

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Written put option that could be net share settled

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During periods of inflation, a perpetual inventory system would result in the same dollar amount of ending inventory as periodic inventory system under which inventory valuation method?

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Same under FIFO

Not same under LIFO

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The lessor shall measure the gross investment in a direct financial lease initially as the sum of the following 2 amounts

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1 minimum lease payments

2 Unguaranteed residual value accruing to benefit of lessor

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In the company’s year end balance sheet, what amount of liability for compensated absences is required for reporting?

Payment for vacation days = $10,000
Unadjusted liability balance = $21,000

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$10,000 only

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Research and development costs are defined as the…

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Planned research for new knowledge and the translation of

research findings into a design for a new product or process

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Development of software for internal use is…

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Excluded from research and development

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Marketing research is…

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Specifically excluded from research and development

24
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The SEC website lists the following 3 steps in the rule making process…

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1 concept release

2 rule proposal

3 rule adoption

25
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Common stock dividend is…

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Not considered income

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Dividend income for the year would includes…

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Both current year dividends and cumulative dividends

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An employer’s obligation for post retirement health benefits that are expected to be provided to or for an employee must be fully accrued by the date where…

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Employee is fully eligible for benefits

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What is the journal entry for an operating lease payment of $25,000, when the lease is for 3 years total with total payment of $90,000?

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Rent expense 30,000
Cash. 25,000
Lease liability. 5,000

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How is an unconditional purchase commitment reported?

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Not reported in the balance sheet, but disclosed in the notes
At present value of future required payments

30
Q

Title search fees are…

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A capitalized cost to land

31
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Where in its financial statements should a company disclose information about its concentration of credit risks?

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Notes of financial statements

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Per GASB, net position should be reported as restricted if use is constrained either by…2

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1 Externally imposed conditions such as from creditors or grantors

2 or by legislation

33
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Councils actions do not constitute…

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Restrictions on net position

34
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Which of the following is not an item that is required to be disclosed about reportable segments profit or loss?

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Rent expense

35
Q

Conceptually interim financial statements emphasize…

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Timeliness over faithful representation

36
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A gain on a foreign currency transaction pertaining to a receivable or payable purchased in a foreign currency. Where is it reported?

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on the income statement

37
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What is the adjusting journal entry entered for a gain on a futures contract?

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Option (futures contract). Xxx

Unrealized holding gain-equity. Xxx

38
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How is a notice a college receives from a recent graduate that the college is named as a beneficiary of $10,000 in the graduates will treated on the public college’s statement of activities? Why?

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It should not be recognized that year

Wills can change and there is a lot of uncertainty

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When Remeasuring foreign currency financial statements into the functional currency, what item would be re measured using historical exchange rates?

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Inventories carried at cost

40
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Combined statements may be used to present the results of operations of…2

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1 commonly controlled companies

2 companies under common management

41
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How are discontinued operations and extraordinary items that occur at mid year initially reported for interim statements?2

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1 reported separately net of tax on income statement for interim
period

2 disclosure in notes of interim statements

42
Q

How do you calculate end of year retained earnings for an equity method investment!

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End of year retained earnings =

Beginning of year retained earnings + net income - dividends

43
Q

Reconciliation of ending retained earnings to net cash flow from operations would serve…

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No useful purpose and not be disclosed in statement of cash flows

44
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Interest payments on the statement of cashflows are…

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Included in operating activities

45
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In a consolidated balance sheet, what amount should a company report as intercompany receivables?

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$0

46
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An entity must classify as a liability a financial instrument, other than an outstanding share, that, at inception both…

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1 embodies an obligation to repurchase the issuer’s equity shares
And
2 requires/may require issuer to settle obligation by transferring
Assets

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An entity must be classify as a liability a financial instrument, other than an outstanding share, that at inception both embodies an obligation to repurchase the issuer’s equity shares and requires/may require issuer to settle obligation by transferring Assets. Examples 2

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1 forward purchase contracts

2 written put options on issuer’s equity shares that are physically
Settled or net cash settled

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Under GASB, Programs are financed from…

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Program revenues and general revenues

49
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Under GASB, program revenues are derived…2

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1 Directly from program itself
Or
2 from parties outside the reporting government’s taxpayers or
Citizenry as a whole

50
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Under GASB, All revenues are general revenues unless…

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They are required to be reported as program revenues

51
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Under GASB, all taxes are…

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General revenues

52
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3 classes of freestanding financial instruments that must be presented in the balance sheet as liabilities (they are not presented between liabilities and stockholder’s equity)

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1 mandatorily redeemable financial instruments

2 obligations to repurchase the issuer’s equity shares by
Transferring assets

3 certain obligations to issue a variable number of shares

53
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Acquisition related costs are…

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Costs the acquirer incurs to effect a business combination

54
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All acquisition related costs should be…

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Expensed in the period incurred

55
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Costs incurred by the acquiring entity that are directly related to acquisition are…

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Expensed as incurred

56
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Indirect acquisition costs incurred by the acquiring entity are…

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Expensed as incurred

57
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Earnings per share data should be be reported on the face of the income statement or other related notes for entity that reports…3

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1 discontinued operation

2 extraordinary item

3 cumulative effect of an accounting change