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






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






3. 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






4. Cost method or legal (par) method.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






9. All gains and losses included in OCI






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






11. Revaluation is not permitted.






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. Segment profit or loss - assets.






19. 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.






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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).






27. 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.






28. 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






29. Percentage of completion and completed contract method allowed.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Enacted tax rate only.






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. 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






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