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






2. Enacted tax rate only.






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






4. No impracticality exception for error corrections.






5. Revaluation is not permitted.






6. No classification






7. Segment profit or loss - assets.






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






9. Lower of cost or market.






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






11. 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.






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






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


14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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






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






18. 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.






19. Slight variation from year-end reporting.






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






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.






22. 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.






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






24. Enacted tax rate only.






25. 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.






26. Percentage of completion and completed contract method allowed.






27. Cost method or legal (par) method.






28. 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.






29. 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






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






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






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






33. No requirement for explicitly stating following US GAAP.






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. May not be capitalized.






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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 : (






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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).