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U.S. GAAP
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1. 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
Reporting of Pension Cost
Marketable Securities - Impairment
Funded Status of Pension Plan
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
2. Unusual in nature and infrequence in occurrence and material.
Goodwill Impairment
Fixed Asset Valuation
Extraordinary Items
Discontinued Operations
3. May not be capitalized.
Development Costs (R&D)
Comprehensive Income (Revaluation)
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Pension Plan Cost
4. Probable is defined as likely to occur and reasonably possible is defined as more likely than remote - but less than likely.
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Contingencies (Probable and Possible Definitions)
Subsequent Events
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
5. Cost method or legal (par) method.
Treasury Stock
Statement of Cash Flows (Interest and Dividends)
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Revenue Recognition
6. (Balance sheet - income statement - SOCF) as of the most recent fiscal quarter and as of the end of the preceding fiscal year.
Bond Issue Costs
Fixed Asset Valuation
Diluted EPS
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
7. Valuation allowance is recognized when it is more likely than not that part or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.
Goodwill Impairment
Accounting for Income Taxes (Valuation)
Subsequent Events
Related Party Transactions
8. 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.
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Reporting of Remeasurements
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Related Party Transactions
9. 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.
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
Funded Status of Pension Plan
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Segment Reporting
10. No impracticality exception for error corrections.
Bond Issue Costs
Error Correction
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Treasury Stock
11. Entities cannot apply the FASB conceptual framework to specific accounting issues
Determining Functional Currency
Foreign Currency Translation
Marketable Securities - Classification
Conceptual Framework
12. No classification
Funded Status of Pension Plan
Investment Property
Treasury Stock
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
13. No requirement for explicitly stating following US GAAP.
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
Notes to the Financial Statements
Pension Plan Cost
Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions
14. 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
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Contingent Liability
Segment Reporting
Diluted EPS
15. All gains and losses included in OCI
Diluted EPS
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Uncertain Tax Positions
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
16. No requirement for disclosure of key management compensation arrangements.
Pension Plan Cost
Related Party Transactions
Contingent Liability
Statement of Cash Flows (Method)
17. Recognized in a two-step process: (1) recognition of the tax benefit (2) measurement of the tax benefit.
Notes to the Financial Statements
Uncertain Tax Positions
Development Costs (R&D)
Fixed Asset Valuation
18. All adjustments for changes in deferred tax balances due to changes in tax laws or rates are recognized on the income statement.
Inventory Valuation
Computer and Software Development Costs
Impairment of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
Accounting for Adjustments in Tax Rates
19. Cost model: historical - accum. depr. = impairment
Fixed Asset Valuation
Pension Plan Liability
Prior Service Cost
Impairment of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
20. Recognition of gains is dependent on the rights of the leased property retained by the seller-lessee.
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
Notes to the Financial Statements
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
21. Costs before technological feasibility must be expensed - costs after technological feasibility are capitalized.
Lease Classification
Pension Plan Liability
Computer and Software Development Costs
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
22. 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.
Revenue Recognition
Accounting for Adjustments in Tax Rates
Contingent Liability
Determining Functional Currency
23. 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.
Marketable Securities - Impairment
Reporting of Pension Cost
Contingencies (Probable and Possible Definitions)
Use of Tax Rates
24. 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.
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
Capital (Finance) Lease Criteria
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
25. 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
Impairment of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
Fixed Asset Valuation
Construction Contracts
Fixed Asset Depreciation
26. Considered non-compensatory if they meet certain requirements.
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Development Costs (R&D)
Interim Financial Reporting
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
27. 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.
Inventory Valuation
Convertible Bonds
Diluted EPS
Statement of Cash Flows (Cash)
28. 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.
Gains and Losses on Pensions
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
Notes to the Financial Statements
Inventory Valuation
29. FASB has not yet issued a pronouncement on convergence with IASB.
Marketable Securities - Available-For-Sale
Comprehensive Income (Revaluation)
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Segment Reporting
30. Asset not required to be remeasures - but does get tested for impairment once classified as held-for-sale
Determining Functional Currency
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
Financial Instruments (Fair Value)
Discontinued Operations
31. 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.
Construction Contracts
Indirect Costs of Lease
Interim Financial Reporting
Funded Status of Pension Plan
32. Lower of cost or market.
Computer and Software Development Costs
Impairment of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
Goodwill Impairment
Inventory Valuation
33. Remeasurement method must be used when a foreign subsidiary is operating in a highly inflationary environment.
Inventory Valuation
Convertible Bonds
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
Foreign Currency Translation
34. 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.
Inventory Valuation
Determining Functional Currency
Contingencies (Probable and Possible Definitions)
Pension Plan Cost
35. Slight variation from year-end reporting.
Interim Financial Reporting
Reporting of Deferred Taxes
Interim Financial Reporting Requirements
Determining Functional Currency
36. Classified as: (1) trading (2) available-for-sale (3) held-to-maturity
Marketable Securities - Classification
Variable Interest Entity
Pension Plan Liability
Interim Financial Reporting
37. Revaluation is not permitted.
Comprehensive Income (Revaluation)
Development Costs (R&D)
Nonmonetary Exchanges
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
38. 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
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Statement of Cash Flows (Cash)
Extraordinary Items
Variable Interest Entity
39. Segment profit or loss - assets.
Segment Reporting
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Variable Interest Entity
Risks and Uncertainties
40. 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.
Notes to the Financial Statements
Bond Discount/Premium Amortization
Consolidation - Parent and Subsidiary with Different Year-Ends
Lease Classification
41. Projection benefit obligation (PBO) is the defined benefit pension plan liability.
Extraordinary Items
Fixed Asset Depreciation
Pension Plan Liability
Accounting Changes
42. 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.
Accounting for Adjustments in Tax Rates
Change in Accounting Entity
Fixed Asset Depreciation
Development Costs (R&D)
43. 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.
Comprehensive Income (Presentation)
Fixed Asset Impairment
Diluted EPS
Financial Instruments (Initial Recognition)
44. Recorded as an asset and amortized using the straight-line method.
Contingencies (Probable and Possible Definitions)
Bond Issue Costs
Segment Reporting
Notes to the Financial Statements
45. Components of net periodic pension cost must be aggregated and presented as one amount on the income statement.
Treasury Stock
Funded Status of Pension Plan
Reporting of Pension Cost
Risks and Uncertainties
46. 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
Error Correction
Risks and Uncertainties
Nonmonetary Exchanges
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
47. Interest and dividends received - interest paid and taxes paid are CFO. Dividends paid are classified as CFF.
Statement of Cash Flows (Interest and Dividends)
Investment Property
Use of Tax Rates
Intangible Assets
48. May be presented as a primary financial statement or in the notes of the financial statement.
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49. 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
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Subsequent Events
Conceptual Framework
50. Percentage of completion and completed contract method allowed.
Fixed Asset Depreciation
Goodwill Impairment
Impairment of Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill
Construction Contracts