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U.S. GAAP
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1. Components of net periodic pension cost must be aggregated and presented as one amount on the income statement.
Revenue Recognition
Prior Service Cost
Reporting of Pension Cost
Goodwill Impairment
2. Asset not required to be remeasures - but does get tested for impairment once classified as held-for-sale
Intangible Assets
Discontinued Operations
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Notes to the Financial Statements
3. May be presented as a primary financial statement or in the notes of the financial statement.
4. 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.
Fixed Asset Impairment
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
Risks and Uncertainties
Prior Service Cost
5. Segment profit or loss - assets.
Segment Reporting
Accounting for Adjustments in Tax Rates
Risks and Uncertainties
Nonmonetary Exchanges
6. Entities cannot apply the FASB conceptual framework to specific accounting issues
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Computer and Software Development Costs
Conceptual Framework
Segment Reporting
7. Slight variation from year-end reporting.
Impairment of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Investment Property
Interim Financial Reporting
8. Cost model: historical - accum. depr. = impairment
Fixed Asset Valuation
Comprehensive Income (Revaluation)
Indirect Costs of Lease
Variable Interest Entity
9. Not required to match consumption. No requirement to review method - life - or salvage value at year end. Can use composite or component depreciation.
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
Diluted EPS
Fixed Asset Depreciation
Goodwill Impairment
10. Should be classified as current or non-current based on the classification of the related asset or liability. If no asset/liability - timing of the reversal is used. All assets/liabilities must be netted (one net current and one net non-current).
Marketable Securities - Impairment
Reporting of Deferred Taxes
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Lease Classification
11. When the direct method is used - entities are required to present a reconciliation of net income to net cash flows from operating activities.
Determining Functional Currency
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
Inventory Valuation
12. 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.
Investment Property
Pension Plan Liability
Funded Status of Pension Plan
Segment Reporting
13. Entities are required to disclose concentrations of credit risk. Market risk disclosures are optional.
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
Disclosure of Financial Instruments
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Contingent Liability
14. Entities have two choices when accounting for gains and losses: (1) recognize on the income statement in period incurred (2) recognize in OCI in the period incurred and then amortize to pension expense using the corridor approach.
Computer and Software Development Costs
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Related Party Transactions
Statement of Cash Flows (Interest and Dividends)
15. 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.
Determining Functional Currency
Construction Contracts
Reporting of Pension Cost
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
16. Research and development costs expensed - reported using the cost model only.
Lease Classification
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Variable Interest Entity
Intangible Assets
17. Enacted tax rate only.
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Determining Functional Currency
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
18. Projection benefit obligation (PBO) is the defined benefit pension plan liability.
Pension Plan Liability
Discontinued Operations
Fixed Asset Depreciation
Comprehensive Income (Revaluation)
19. 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
Pension Plan Cost
Indirect Costs of Lease
Fixed Asset Valuation
Goodwill Impairment
20. May not be capitalized.
Development Costs (R&D)
Risks and Uncertainties
Uncertain Tax Positions
Discontinued Operations
21. 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.
Subsequent Events
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
Segment Reporting
Prior Service Cost
22. 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.
Contingencies (Probable and Possible Definitions)
Reporting of Remeasurements
Variable Interest Entity
Fixed Asset Depreciation
23. Indirect direct costs paid by the lessee are expensed when incurred.
Treasury Stock
Indirect Costs of Lease
Investment Property
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
24. 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.
Marketable Securities - Impairment
Reporting of Pension Cost
Related Party Transactions
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
25. (Balance sheet - income statement - SOCF) as of the most recent fiscal quarter and as of the end of the preceding fiscal year.
Fixed Asset Valuation
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
Contingencies (Probable and Possible Definitions)
26. 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 : (
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
27. Contracts that may be settled in cash or stock are not included in diluted EPS if circumstances indicate that eh contract will be paid in cash.
Notes to the Financial Statements
Impairment of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
Diluted EPS
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
28. Considered non-compensatory if they meet certain requirements.
Fixed Asset Valuation
Lease Classification
Marketable Securities - Classification
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
29. FASB has not yet issued a pronouncement on convergence with IASB.
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Computer and Software Development Costs
Prior Service Cost
Extraordinary Items
30. No impracticality exception for error corrections.
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
Error Correction
Revenue Recognition
31. Existing condition - situation - or set of circumstances involving varying degrees of uncertainty that may result in the decrease in an asset or the incurrence of a liability. A provision for a loss contingency should be accrued with a charge to inco
Fixed Asset Impairment
Contingent Liability
Computer and Software Development Costs
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
32. No separate recognition is given to the conversion feature when convertible bonds are issued. Bonds are recorded in same manner as non-convertible bonds.
Marketable Securities - Classification
Pension Plan Cost
Convertible Bonds
Prior Service Cost
33. All adjustments for changes in deferred tax balances due to changes in tax laws or rates are recognized on the income statement.
Accounting for Adjustments in Tax Rates
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Contingent Liability
Gains and Losses on Pensions
34. 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.
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Reporting of Remeasurements
Funded Status of Pension Plan
35. Includes disclosure of significant estimates but not judgments made in preparing the financial statements.
Change in Accounting Entity
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Notes to the Financial Statements
Comprehensive Income (Revaluation)
36. 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
Nonmonetary Exchanges
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
Notes to the Financial Statements
Impairment of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
37. Bank overdrafts are excluded from cash and classified as financing cash flows.
Statement of Cash Flows (Cash)
Notes to the Financial Statements
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Revenue Recognition
38. Lessees--operating or capital leases. Lessors--operating - sales-type - or direct financing leases.
Convertible Bonds
Lease Classification
Nonmonetary Exchanges
Marketable Securities - Impairment
39. No requirement for disclosure of key management compensation arrangements.
Prior Service Cost
Related Party Transactions
Funded Status of Pension Plan
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
40. Classified as: (1) trading (2) available-for-sale (3) held-to-maturity
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
Computer and Software Development Costs
Accounting Changes
Marketable Securities - Classification
41. Interest and dividends received - interest paid and taxes paid are CFO. Dividends paid are classified as CFF.
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
Statement of Cash Flows (Interest and Dividends)
Reporting of Deferred Taxes
Funded Status of Pension Plan
42. Revaluation is not permitted.
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Comprehensive Income (Revaluation)
Treasury Stock
Investment Property
43. Comparative financial statements not required. SEC requires comparative financial statements (2 B/S - 3 other). Cumulative effect is an adjustment to beginning retained earnings to the earliest prior period presented.
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Fixed Asset Valuation
Accounting Changes
Reporting of Deferred Taxes
44. No requirement for explicitly stating following US GAAP.
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Reporting of Deferred Taxes
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
Notes to the Financial Statements
45. All gains and losses included in OCI
Contingencies (Probable and Possible Definitions)
Prior Service Cost
Pension Plan Cost
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
46. Recognition of gains is dependent on the rights of the leased property retained by the seller-lessee.
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
Notes to the Financial Statements
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
47. Cost method or legal (par) method.
Revenue Recognition
Treasury Stock
Diluted EPS
Gains and Losses on Pensions
48. 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.
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
Segment Reporting
Extraordinary Items
Prior Service Cost
49. Remeasurement method must be used when a foreign subsidiary is operating in a highly inflationary environment.
Foreign Currency Translation
Related Party Transactions
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
Change in Accounting Entity
50. Enacted tax rate only.
Use of Tax Rates
Subsequent Events
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Pension Plan Liability