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1. Percentage of completion and completed contract method allowed.






2. Entities cannot apply the FASB conceptual framework to specific accounting issues






3. Prior service cost increase the PBO and other comprehensive income in the period incurred and is then amortized to pension expense over the plan participant's remaining years of service.






4. Projection benefit obligation (PBO) is the defined benefit pension plan liability.






5. Entities are required to disclose concentrations of credit risk. Market risk disclosures are optional.






6. Either does not have equity investors with voting rights or lacks sufficient financial resources to support its activities. Primary beneficiary must consolidate the VIE. The primary beneficiary is the entity that has the power to direct the activitie






7. Components of net periodic pension cost must be aggregated and presented as one amount on the income statement.






8. Revenue recognized when realized or realizable and earned. Four criteria must be met for each element of a contract before revenue can be recognized: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists - delivery has occurred or services have been rendered






9. Revaluation is not permitted.






10. No classification






11. Classified as: (1) trading (2) available-for-sale (3) held-to-maturity






12. No requirement for disclosure of key management compensation arrangements.






13. Slight variation from year-end reporting.






14. Single - two - or in statement of changes in owner's equity. Presentation of changes in owner's equity is phasing out completely by 12/15/2012.






15. Entities may elect the fair value option for recognized financial assets and financial liabilities. You cannot elect fair value on these: (1) VIE that is required to be consolidated (2) pension plan assets/liabilities (3) leased financial assets/liab






16. Two step test: fair value of reporting unit compared to its carrying value - including goodwill. If fair value is less than carrying value - an impairment loss is calculated by comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill to the






17. Cost method or legal (par) method.






18. Best method that clearly reflects periodic income. Does not need to have a rational relationship with the physical inventory flow. LFIO is permitted.






19. Remeasurement method must be used when a foreign subsidiary is operating in a highly inflationary environment.






20. May not be capitalized.






21. Bank overdrafts are excluded from cash and classified as financing cash flows.






22. (Balance sheet - income statement - SOCF) as of the most recent fiscal quarter and as of the end of the preceding fiscal year.






23. When the direct method is used - entities are required to present a reconciliation of net income to net cash flows from operating activities.






24. Two Step Test: (1) test for recovery: compare carrying value to undiscounted future cash flows (2) calculate impairment: difference between carrying value and fair value. Reversal of impairment losses is only permitted for assets held for sale.






25. Segment profit or loss - assets.






26. Impairment losses recognized in income statement and cost basis is reduced. If held-to-maturity - subsequent changes are not recognized. If available-for-sale - subsequent income is included in OCI.






27. Functional currency is the currency of the entity's primary economic environment. Local currency is functional currency when foreign operations are relatively self-contained within that country.






28. Unrecognized prior service cost and unrecognized pension gains and losses are reported in AOCI. The pension benefit asset/liability is equal to the funded status of the pension plan.






29. Cost model: historical - accum. depr. = impairment






30. Enacted tax rate only.






31. If year of change - all previous financial statements that are presented in comparative format along with the current year are to be restated to reflect the information for the new reporting entity.






32. Includes disclosure of significant estimates but not judgments made in preparing the financial statements.






33. Probable is defined as likely to occur and reasonably possible is defined as more likely than remote - but less than likely.






34. No impracticality exception for error corrections.






35. Components of net periodic pension cost are SIRAGE: service cost - interest cost - return on plan assets - amortization of prior service cost - gain/loss amortization - existing net obligation/asset amortization.






36. For lessee - at least one of four met: (1) ownership transfer (2) written BPO (3) FV of leased property at least 90% of lease payments (4) lease term at least 75% of asset's life. Lessor: sales or direct financing if one of above criteria met and : (






37. Characterized as having commercial substance and lacking commercial substance. Commercial substance (accounted for at fair value and all gains are recognized). Lacking commercial substance (gains are only recognized when boot is received). Losses are






38. Research and development costs expensed - reported using the cost model only.






39. Unusual in nature and infrequence in occurrence and material.






40. Must disclose nature of operations - use of estimates - estimate of a change in estimate - vulnerability of the risk f near-term severe impact from a material concentration.






41. Effective interest method is required - unless the straight-line method is not materially different from the effective interest method. Amortization is done over the contractual life of the bond.






42. Not required to match consumption. No requirement to review method - life - or salvage value at year end. Can use composite or component depreciation.






43. All adjustments for changes in deferred tax balances due to changes in tax laws or rates are recognized on the income statement.






44. No requirement for explicitly stating following US GAAP.






45. May be presented as a primary financial statement or in the notes of the financial statement.

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46. The subsequent event evaluation period extends through the date that the financial statements are issued (public companies) or the date that the financial statements are available to be issued (all other entities). Subsequent events are classified as






47. Considered non-compensatory if they meet certain requirements.






48. Funded status is reported of an overfunded pension plan is reported in full as a noncurrent asset. Underfunded plans are reported as current - non-current - or both.






49. Finite life intangibles - two step process: compare carrying amount to undiscounted cash flows - then if carrying amount exceeds cash flows - impairment amount is the difference between carrying amount and fair value of asset. For indefinite life - c






50. Interest and dividends received - interest paid and taxes paid are CFO. Dividends paid are classified as CFF.