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U.S. GAAP
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1. Interest and dividends received - interest paid and taxes paid are CFO. Dividends paid are classified as CFF.
Uncertain Tax Positions
Change in Accounting Entity
Development Costs (R&D)
Statement of Cash Flows (Interest and Dividends)
2. Includes disclosure of significant estimates but not judgments made in preparing the financial statements.
Notes to the Financial Statements
Revenue Recognition
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Fixed Asset Valuation
3. Considered non-compensatory if they meet certain requirements.
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Disclosure of Financial Instruments
Risks and Uncertainties
Revenue Recognition
4. Recognition of gains is dependent on the rights of the leased property retained by the seller-lessee.
Marketable Securities - Classification
Marketable Securities - Impairment
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
5. May be presented as a primary financial statement or in the notes of the financial statement.
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6. 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.
Reporting of Deferred Taxes
Fixed Asset Impairment
Reporting of Remeasurements
Intangible Assets
7. Not required to match consumption. No requirement to review method - life - or salvage value at year end. Can use composite or component depreciation.
Construction Contracts
Fixed Asset Depreciation
Pension Plan Cost
Statement of Cash Flows (Interest and Dividends)
8. 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
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
Revenue Recognition
Determining Functional Currency
Extraordinary Items
9. Best method that clearly reflects periodic income. Does not need to have a rational relationship with the physical inventory flow. LFIO is permitted.
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
Goodwill Impairment
Error Correction
Construction Contracts
10. No classification
Investment Property
Use of Tax Rates
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
Funded Status of Pension Plan
11. 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
Subsequent Events
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Pension Plan Cost
Treasury Stock
12. 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 Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Accounting Changes
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
Goodwill Impairment
13. Lessees--operating or capital leases. Lessors--operating - sales-type - or direct financing leases.
Lease Classification
Treasury Stock
Pension Plan Liability
Inventory Valuation
14. 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.
Use of Tax Rates
Fixed Asset Depreciation
Prior Service Cost
Determining Functional Currency
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.
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
Marketable Securities - Impairment
16. 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
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Prior Service Cost
Variable Interest Entity
Construction Contracts
17. No separate recognition is given to the conversion feature when convertible bonds are issued. Bonds are recorded in same manner as non-convertible bonds.
Contingent Liability
Convertible Bonds
Marketable Securities - Impairment
Interim Financial Reporting
18. 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.
Diluted EPS
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Accounting for Adjustments in Tax Rates
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
19. Segment profit or loss - assets.
Variable Interest Entity
Segment Reporting
Goodwill Impairment
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
20. Bank overdrafts are excluded from cash and classified as financing cash flows.
Statement of Cash Flows (Cash)
Investment Property
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
Fixed Asset Impairment
21. Asset not required to be remeasures - but does get tested for impairment once classified as held-for-sale
Discontinued Operations
Computer and Software Development Costs
Determining Functional Currency
Risks and Uncertainties
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.
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
Accounting for Income Taxes (Valuation)
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
Lease Classification
23. 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.
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Inventory Valuation
Marketable Securities - Impairment
24. Revaluation is not permitted.
Pension Plan Liability
Comprehensive Income (Revaluation)
Treasury Stock
Notes to the Financial Statements
25. (Balance sheet - income statement - SOCF) as of the most recent fiscal quarter and as of the end of the preceding fiscal year.
Determining Functional Currency
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
Funded Status of Pension Plan
Error Correction
26. All adjustments for changes in deferred tax balances due to changes in tax laws or rates are recognized on the income statement.
Accounting for Adjustments in Tax Rates
Lease Classification
Marketable Securities - Classification
Segment Reporting
27. Classified as: (1) trading (2) available-for-sale (3) held-to-maturity
Marketable Securities - Impairment
Marketable Securities - Classification
Related Party Transactions
Reporting of Pension Cost
28. 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.
Pension Plan Cost
Reporting of Remeasurements
Error Correction
Gains and Losses on Pensions
29. 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.
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
Fixed Asset Depreciation
Marketable Securities - Impairment
Reporting of Remeasurements
30. Enacted tax rate only.
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
Disclosure of Financial Instruments
Reporting of Remeasurements
Impairment of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
31. Probable is defined as likely to occur and reasonably possible is defined as more likely than remote - but less than likely.
Variable Interest Entity
Reporting of Deferred Taxes
Reporting of Pension Cost
Contingencies (Probable and Possible Definitions)
32. Costs before technological feasibility must be expensed - costs after technological feasibility are capitalized.
Computer and Software Development Costs
Contingencies (Probable and Possible Definitions)
Pension Plan Cost
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
33. No requirement for disclosure of key management compensation arrangements.
Disclosure of Financial Instruments
Related Party Transactions
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
Indirect Costs of Lease
34. Components of net periodic pension cost must be aggregated and presented as one amount on the income statement.
Goodwill Impairment
Variable Interest Entity
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Reporting of Pension Cost
35. 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.
Inventory Valuation
Interim Financial Reporting Tax Rates
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
Determining Functional Currency
36. Lower of cost or market.
Discontinued Operations
Inventory Valuation
Computer and Software Development Costs
Reporting of Pension Cost
37. 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.
Notes to the Financial Statements
Revenue Recognition
Accounting Changes
Construction Contracts
38. Research and development costs expensed - reported using the cost model only.
Contingent Liability
Intangible Assets
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Discontinued Operations
39. Recognized in a two-step process: (1) recognition of the tax benefit (2) measurement of the tax benefit.
Reporting of Remeasurements
Segment Reporting
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Uncertain Tax Positions
40. 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.
Inventory Valuation
Pension Plan Liability
Determining Functional Currency
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
41. Percentage of completion and completed contract method allowed.
Related Party Transactions
Construction Contracts
Revenue Recognition
Reporting of Deferred Taxes
42. 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
Accounting for Income Taxes (Valuation)
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
Funded Status of Pension Plan
43. May not be capitalized.
Inventory Valuation
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
Development Costs (R&D)
Goodwill Impairment
44. 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 : (
Reporting of Deferred Taxes
Nonmonetary Exchanges
Interim Financial Reporting
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
45. Projection benefit obligation (PBO) is the defined benefit pension plan liability.
Pension Plan Cost
Construction Contracts
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Pension Plan Liability
46. Cost method or legal (par) method.
Treasury Stock
Uncertain Tax Positions
Notes to the Financial Statements
Lease Classification
47. 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
Nonmonetary Exchanges
Pension Plan Liability
Variable Interest Entity
Fixed Asset Depreciation
48. 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.
Disclosure of Financial Instruments
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Extraordinary Items
Change in Accounting Entity
49. 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.
Conceptual Framework
Risks and Uncertainties
Accounting Changes
Notes to the Financial Statements
50. 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.
Lease Classification
Funded Status of Pension Plan
Change in Accounting Entity
Accounting Changes
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