2 Financial Statements Flashcards
Which Personal Financial Statements are required?
Statement of Financial Condition & Statement of Changes in Net Worth
How are assets and liabilities valued in a Personal Financial Statement?
Estimated current value
How are estimated taxes that would be paid if all assets were converted into cash and all liabilities paid presented on a Personal Financial Statement?
Presented on Statement of Financial Condition between Liabilities and Net Worth
What is the general presentation on a statement of financial condition?
Assets
- Liabilities
- Estimated taxes on assets sold
: Net Worth
How is life insurance presented on a Personal Financial Statement?
Only shown if there is cash surrender value
It is shown net of loans against the policy
How are business interests shown on a Personal Financial Statement?
Business Interests that constitute a large percentage of total assets should be separated from other investments
What is the discreet view in an Interim Financial Statement?
Interim period is a separate accounting period - not GAAP
Same accounting principles used for annual reporting should be used.
What is the integral view in an Interim Financial Statement?
Interim period is a part of the annual period - GAAP
Gross profit method may be used to estimate COGS and inventory
Temporary declines in inventory aren’t recognized
How are discontinued operations & extraordinary items reported in Interim Financial Statements?
Aren’t prorated
Fully recognized in Interim Period as incurred
If it occurs in Q3 - it’s recognized in Q3
How are cumulative gains and losses reported in Interim Financials?
Reported as if they occurred in the first quarter
How is inventory valuation handled in Interim Financials?
If inventory experiences a decline in value during an interim period - the loss is recognized in the interim period
If the loss is expected to be only temporary - no loss is recognized
What is one of the primary problems with interim reporting?
The matching principle gets messed up - Expenses incurred in one period may benefit future periods
For whom is Segment Reporting required?
Publicly traded companies
What factors cause a segment to be significant and therefore to be reported separately?
Revenue of segment is 10% or more of total
Profit is 10% or more of total
Segment assets are 10% or more of total
75% Test - All segment revenues must equal 75% of total external revenues
What is the disclosure requirement regarding sales of 10% or more for one customer?
If 10% or more of enterprise revenue comes from one customer - the segment making the sales must be disclosed
Equity includes
Equity consists of (1) capital contributed by owners, (2) retained earnings (income reinvested), (3) accumulated other comprehensive income (all comprehensive income items not included in net income), and (4) the noncontrolling interest in a consolidated entity.
Transactions not included in net income
(1) transactions with owners
(2) prior-period adjustments (error corrections)
(3) items reported initially in other comprehensive income
(4) transfers to and from appropriated retained earnings
(5) adjustments made in a quasi-reorganization
(6) effects on prior periods of accounting changes.
The changes in retained earnings can result from the following adjustments:
(1) net income/loss for the period;
(2) any prior-period adjustments, net of tax;
(3) dividends declared; and
(4) certain other rare items, e.g., a quasi-reorganization.
The two reporting formats for comprehensive income:
(1) one continuous financial statement that reports (a) a total of net income with its components,
(b) a total of other comprehensive income with its components, and
(c) a total of comprehensive income
(2) two separate but consecutive financial statements (statements of net income and other comprehensive income) that present the same elements.
An entity must report in the financial statements comprehensive income attributable to a noncontrolling interest.
True or False
True.
If a noncontrolling interest exists, amounts for net income and comprehensive income attributable to the parent and to the subsidiary must be reported in the appropriate statements.
What are combined financial statements?
Combined financial statements are used to combine the statements of the subsidiaries without consolidating them with those of the parent. They are not an allowable substitute for consolidated statements.
When must a first-time adopter of IFRS prepare and present an opening IFRS statement of financial position as a starting point for accounting under IFRS.
At the date of transition.
Examples of certain accounting policies first-time adopters of IFRS may elect not to apply
Examples of elective exemptions are the accounting policies applying to (1) business combinations, (2) employee benefit plans, (3) cumulative translation differences, (4) revaluation to fair value, (5) compound financial instruments, and (6) share-based payment transactions.
Do first-time adopter of IFRS need to separate convertible debt into separate liability and equity components if the liability component is no longer outstanding at the transition date.
NO.
A first-time adopter of IFRS need not separate compound financial instruments (e.g., convertible debt) into separate liability and equity components if the liability component is no longer outstanding at the transition date.
