Review Flashcards
In financial reporting for segments of a business enterprise, segment data may be aggregated
Per ASC Topic 280, two or more operating segments may be aggregated into a single operating segment if all of the aggregation criteria are met, or if after performing the 10% test a majority of the aggregation criteria are met.
Under IFRS, intangible assets may be accounted for using the revaluation model only if
An active market exists for the intangible asset.
Tech Co. bought a trademark on January 2, two years ago. Tech accounted for the copyright as instructed under the provisions of ASC Topic 350 during the current year. The intangible was being amortized over forty years. The carrying value at the beginning of the year was $38,000. It was determined that the cash flow will be generated indefinitely at the current level for the trademark. What amount should Tech report as amortization expense for the current year?
$0
ASC Topic 350 states that intangibles with indefinite useful lives should not be amortized; they should be examined periodically for impairment.
How much revenue should Albury’s Debt Service Funds record for the year ended December 31, year 1, using modified accrual accounting?
The GASB Codification Section 1800, states that transfers from a fund receiving revenue to a fund through which the resources are to be expended is considered another financing source. Interfund transfers of this nature should be distinguished from revenues, expenses, or expenditures in the financial statements. Financial resources received in other funds for transfer to the Debt Service Funds do not constitute revenue to the Debt Service Fund. Therefore, the only revenue to be recorded is the $600,000 investment income.
Assume a private firm elects to early adopt ASU 2014-08: Business Combinations: Accounting for Intangible Assets in a Business Combination. Noncompetition agreements:
ASU 2014-18 allows (not requires) private firms, in a business combination, to measure noncompetition agreements as part of goodwill.
Which of the following is an appropriate income approach for developing fair value measurements?
Using present value techniques to discount cash flows
Leverage equation
Avg total assets/Avg Shareholder’s equity
Return on equity
Net income/Avg Shareholder’s equity
Return on assets (investment)
Net income/Average total assets
ROE=ROA x Leverage
NI/SE=NI/TA x TA/SE
AR Turnover
Sales/Avg AR
Total asset turnover
Sales/Avg total assets
Profit margin (return on sales)
Net income/sales
Return on common stockholder’s equity
(Net income-preferred dividends)/ Avg stockholder’s equity
Book value per share
Total common stockholder’s equity/# shares outstanding
Madden Company owns a tract of land which it purchased in year 1 for $100,000. The land is held as a future plant site and has a fair market value of $140,000 on July 1, year 4. Hall Company also owns a tract of land held as a future plant site. Hall paid $180,000 for the land in year 3 and the land has a fair market value of $200,000 on July 1, year 4. On this date Madden exchanged its land and paid $50,000 cash for the land owned by Hall. It is expected that the cash flows from the two tracts of land will not be significantly different. At what amount should Madden record the land acquired in the exchange?
Per ASC Topic 845, if the cash flows of the two assets are not significantly different, the transaction lacks commercial substance and is recorded at book value. Therefore, the land acquired is recorded at total of the cash paid ($50,000) and the book value of the land surrendered ($100,000), or $150,000. The economic gain of $40,000 ($140,000 market value less $100,000 book value) is not recognized.
Assume Able does not elect the fair value option to value financial liabilities. Able’s annual sinking-fund requirement on the guaranteed debentures is $4,000 per year. What amount should Able report as current maturities of long-term debt in its December 31, year 1 balance sheet?
The portion of bonds, notes, and other long-term debt that matures within the next year is called current maturities of long-term debt and is reported as a current liability. When only a part of certain long-term debt is to be paid in the next 12 months (such as with installment notes or serial bonds), the maturing part is reported as current and the balance as long-term. Therefore, Able should report $13,000 as current maturities of long-term debt ($3,000 note due in year 2, plus $10,000 installment of 8% note due in year 2). The sinking fund requirement ($4,000) is not debt.
Wind Co. incurred organization costs of $6,000 at the beginning of its first year of operations. How should Wind treat the organization costs in its financial statements in accordance with GAAP?
Expensed immediately
Start-up costs and organization costs should be expensed as incurred.
Murphy Co. had 200,000 shares outstanding of $10 par common stock on March 30 of the current year. Murphy reacquired 30,000 of those shares at a cost of $15 per share, and recorded the transaction using the cost method on April 15. Murphy reissued the 30,000 shares at $20 per share, and recognized a $50,000 gain on its income statement on May 20. Which of the following statements is correct?
Murphy’s net income for the current year is overstated.
This answer is correct because it is not appropriate to recognize gains or losses on treasury stock transactions.
Which of the following is false?
Components of other comprehensive income may not be shown net of tax-related effects.
Components of other comprehensive income can be shown either net of tax-related effects or before tax-related effects with the aggregate income tax effects shown as one amount.
Parker Corporation prepares its financial statements in accordance with IFRS. Parker uses the revaluation model for reporting plant, property, and equipment. Parker paid $400,000 for equipment on January 5, year 1. The equipment is valued at $410,000 on December 31, year 1. The $10,000 gain should be included in
A revaluation surplus account in other comprehensive income.
Saba Co. bought a tract of land, paying $800,000 in cash and assuming an existing mortgage of $200,000. The municipal tax bill disclosed an assessed valuation of $700,000. How much should Saba record as an asset for this land acquisition?
$1 million
The cost principle requires that assets be recorded at historical cost. The purchased cost is deemed to be an objective measure of fair market value. Therefore, the assessed valuation has no impact on the recorded cost. Historical cost includes all costs incident to the acquisition of the asset. In this case, Saba Co. gave up $800,000 of cash and assumed liabilities of $200,000. The assumption of a liability is the equivalent of a payment of cash.
An enterprise must disclose all of the following about each reportable segment if the amounts are used by the chief operating decision maker
- Revenues from external customers
- Intersegment revenues
- Interest revenue and expense (reported separately unless majority of segment’s revenues are from interest and management relies primarily on net interest revenue to assess performance)
- Depreciation, depletion, and amortization expense
- Unusual or infrequently occurring items
- Equity in the net income of investees accounted for by the equity method
- Income tax expense or benefit
- Significant noncash item
A purchased patent has a remaining legal life of 15 years. It should be
Amortized over its useful life if less than 15 years.
Per ASC Topic 350, a patent is to be amortized over its useful life, not to exceed its legal life of 17 years. The remaining legal life of this patent is 15 years. Thus, it should be amortized over 15 years or its useful life, whichever is shorter.