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1. 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.






2. No impracticality exception for error corrections.






3. 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.






4. Cost method or legal (par) method.






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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.






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






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






10. Enacted tax rate only.






11. No requirement for explicitly stating following US GAAP.






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






20. Segment profit or loss - assets.






21. 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.






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






23. Lower of cost or market.






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






25. 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.






26. All gains and losses included in OCI






27. 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 : (






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






42. May not be capitalized.






43. 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






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






47. 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






48. Enacted tax rate only.






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






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