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U.S. GAAP
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1. 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
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Disclosure of Financial Instruments
Related Party Transactions
Goodwill Impairment
2. 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.
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Subsequent Events
Prior Service Cost
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
3. 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
Disclosure of Financial Instruments
Marketable Securities - Classification
Goodwill Impairment
Revenue Recognition
4. Entities are required to disclose concentrations of credit risk. Market risk disclosures are optional.
Disclosure of Financial Instruments
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
Revenue Recognition
Error Correction
5. Enacted tax rate only.
Statement of Cash Flows (Cash)
Use of Tax Rates
Indirect Costs of Lease
Revenue Recognition
6. Recognition of gains is dependent on the rights of the leased property retained by the seller-lessee.
Prior Service Cost
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Gains and Losses on Pensions
7. Interest and dividends received - interest paid and taxes paid are CFO. Dividends paid are classified as CFF.
Reporting of Pension Cost
Statement of Cash Flows (Interest and Dividends)
Marketable Securities - Impairment
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
8. No impracticality exception for error corrections.
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
Notes to the Financial Statements
Error Correction
9. 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.
Statement of Cash Flows (Cash)
Risks and Uncertainties
Lease Classification
Conceptual Framework
10. (Balance sheet - income statement - SOCF) as of the most recent fiscal quarter and as of the end of the preceding fiscal year.
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Accounting for Adjustments in Tax Rates
Extraordinary Items
11. When the direct method is used - entities are required to present a reconciliation of net income to net cash flows from operating activities.
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Marketable Securities - Impairment
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Inventory Valuation
12. 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.
Indirect Costs of Lease
Investment Property
Diluted EPS
Fixed Asset Impairment
13. Indirect direct costs paid by the lessee are expensed when incurred.
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Reporting of Pension Cost
Indirect Costs of Lease
Prior Service Cost
14. 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.
Related Party Transactions
Change in Accounting Entity
Statement of Cash Flows (Interest and Dividends)
Nonmonetary Exchanges
15. 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
Comprehensive Income (Revaluation)
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Variable Interest Entity
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
16. Enacted tax rate only.
Marketable Securities - Classification
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
17. 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 : (
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
Bond Issue Costs
Uncertain Tax Positions
Comprehensive Income (Revaluation)
18. 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.
Uncertain Tax Positions
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Pension Plan Liability
Accounting Changes
19. 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.
Notes to the Financial Statements
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
Reporting of Remeasurements
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
20. 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.
Diluted EPS
Treasury Stock
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
Marketable Securities - Impairment
21. Costs before technological feasibility must be expensed - costs after technological feasibility are capitalized.
Contingencies (Probable and Possible Definitions)
Pension Plan Cost
Computer and Software Development Costs
Discontinued Operations
22. Cost model: historical - accum. depr. = impairment
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Fixed Asset Valuation
Computer and Software Development Costs
Change in Accounting Entity
23. Not required to match consumption. No requirement to review method - life - or salvage value at year end. Can use composite or component depreciation.
Fixed Asset Depreciation
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
Segment Reporting
24. No requirement for disclosure of key management compensation arrangements.
Goodwill Impairment
Related Party Transactions
Computer and Software Development Costs
Notes to the Financial Statements
25. Components of net periodic pension cost must be aggregated and presented as one amount on the income statement.
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
Reporting of Pension Cost
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Fixed Asset Valuation
26. All adjustments for changes in deferred tax balances due to changes in tax laws or rates are recognized on the income statement.
Marketable Securities - Classification
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
Accounting for Adjustments in Tax Rates
Gains and Losses on Pensions
27. Remeasurement method must be used when a foreign subsidiary is operating in a highly inflationary environment.
Foreign Currency Translation
Indirect Costs of Lease
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
Nonmonetary Exchanges
28. No separate recognition is given to the conversion feature when convertible bonds are issued. Bonds are recorded in same manner as non-convertible bonds.
Nonmonetary Exchanges
Convertible Bonds
Notes to the Financial Statements
Variable Interest Entity
29. Unusual in nature and infrequence in occurrence and material.
Contingent Liability
Extraordinary Items
Pension Plan Liability
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
30. 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.
Bond Issue Costs
Conceptual Framework
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Diluted EPS
31. Slight variation from year-end reporting.
Interim Financial Reporting
Funded Status of Pension Plan
Intangible Assets
Variable Interest Entity
32. 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
Treasury Stock
Notes to the Financial Statements
Reporting of Remeasurements
Contingent Liability
33. Lower of cost or market.
Nonmonetary Exchanges
Inventory Valuation
Accounting for Adjustments in Tax Rates
Intangible Assets
34. 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.
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
Reporting of Deferred Taxes
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
35. Classified as: (1) trading (2) available-for-sale (3) held-to-maturity
Disclosure of Financial Instruments
Pension Plan Cost
Marketable Securities - Classification
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
36. Percentage of completion and completed contract method allowed.
Development Costs (R&D)
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Construction Contracts
Pension Plan Cost
37. Includes disclosure of significant estimates but not judgments made in preparing the financial statements.
Revenue Recognition
Fixed Asset Valuation
Diluted EPS
Notes to the Financial Statements
38. All gains and losses included in OCI
Variable Interest Entity
Statement of Cash Flows (Interest and Dividends)
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Construction Contracts
39. Asset not required to be remeasures - but does get tested for impairment once classified as held-for-sale
Marketable Securities - Classification
Fixed Asset Valuation
Discontinued Operations
Prior Service Cost
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.
Funded Status of Pension Plan
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
Reporting of Pension Cost
Conceptual Framework
41. May not be capitalized.
Segment Reporting
Inventory Valuation
Development Costs (R&D)
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
42. Recognized in a two-step process: (1) recognition of the tax benefit (2) measurement of the tax benefit.
Uncertain Tax Positions
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
Determining Functional Currency
Contingent Liability
43. 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
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
Subsequent Events
Intangible Assets
Statement of Cash Flows (Cash)
44. Valuation allowance is recognized when it is more likely than not that part or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.
Accounting for Income Taxes (Valuation)
Conceptual Framework
Intangible Assets
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
45. Segment profit or loss - assets.
Use of Tax Rates
Determining Functional Currency
Segment Reporting
Accounting Changes
46. 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.
Prior Service Cost
Reporting of Pension Cost
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
47. Lessees--operating or capital leases. Lessors--operating - sales-type - or direct financing leases.
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Segment Reporting
Treasury Stock
Lease Classification
48. Recorded as an asset and amortized using the straight-line method.
Bond Issue Costs
Error Correction
Accounting for Income Taxes (Valuation)
Notes to the Financial Statements
49. 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
Intangible Assets
Lease Classification
Impairment of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
Reporting of Remeasurements
50. 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
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Gains and Losses on Pensions