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






2. Lower of cost or market.






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

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4. 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.






5. 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






6. 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






7. Enacted tax rate only.






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






9. 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.






10. May not be capitalized.






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Slight variation from year-end reporting.






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






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






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






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






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






21. No requirement for explicitly stating following US GAAP.






22. 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






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






27. Cost method or legal (par) method.






28. Percentage of completion and completed contract method allowed.






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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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).






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






40. 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.






41. 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 : (






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






43. No classification






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. Segment profit or loss - assets.






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






48. 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






49. 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






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