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1. 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.






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






3. Costs before technological feasibility must be expensed - costs after technological feasibility are capitalized.






4. Cost method or legal (par) method.






5. No classification






6. 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.






7. Enacted tax rate only.






8. 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.






9. 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






10. 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






11. Enacted tax rate only.






12. 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.






13. Lessees--operating or capital leases. Lessors--operating - sales-type - or direct financing leases.






14. May not be capitalized.






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






16. Indirect direct costs paid by the lessee are expensed when incurred.






17. 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






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






19. Segment profit or loss - assets.






20. 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






21. No requirement for explicitly stating following US GAAP.






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






23. Lower of cost or market.






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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






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






30. 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.






31. Valuation allowance is recognized when it is more likely than not that part or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.






32. 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.






33. 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






34. 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.






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


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






37. 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 : (






38. Recorded as an asset and amortized using the straight-line method.






39. If year-end differs by three months or less - parent can use the subsidiary's regular financial statements of a different period - but they must be significantly disclosed.






40. No separate recognition is given to the conversion feature when convertible bonds are issued. Bonds are recorded in same manner as non-convertible bonds.






41. 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.






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






43. 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






44. No impracticality exception for error corrections.






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






46. Recognition of gains is dependent on the rights of the leased property retained by the seller-lessee.






47. FASB has not yet issued a pronouncement on convergence with IASB.






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






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






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