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






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






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






4. Asset not required to be remeasures - but does get tested for impairment once classified as held-for-sale






5. Lower of cost or market.






6. No requirement for explicitly stating following US GAAP.






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






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






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






10. 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 : (






11. 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.






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






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






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. 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.






16. No classification






17. 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.






18. Percentage of completion and completed contract method allowed.






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






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


21. 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.






22. Recognized in a two-step process: (1) recognition of the tax benefit (2) measurement of the tax benefit.






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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.






28. May not be capitalized.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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






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






33. Enacted tax rate only.






34. 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).






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






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






37. All gains and losses included in OCI






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






39. Enacted tax rate only.






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. Revaluation is not permitted.






45. 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.






46. Slight variation from year-end reporting.






47. No impracticality exception for error corrections.






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






49. 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






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