Chapter 1: Part 2 Flashcards
What are the two main components of comprehensive income?
- Net Income
- Other Comprehensive Income
What are the main components of other comprehensive income and how are they reported?
“PUFER”
- Pension adjustments
- Unrealized gains and losses (available for sale securities)
- Foreign currency items
- Effective portion of cash flow hedges
- Revaluation surplus or “gains” (IFRS only)
These items bypass the income statement and go straight to equity.
How is other comprehensive income moved to the balance sheet?
Via the accumulated other comprehensive income account, which is similar to retained earnings.
How is comprehensive income presented in the financial statements under U.S. GAAP?
NOT on a per share basis, in either a single or two statement approach.
What is the single statement approach to presenting comprehensive income?
On the Statement of Comprehensive Income, it display other comprehensive income items individually AND in total below the net income amount, and totals them for comprehensive income.
What is the two-statement approach to presenting comprehensive income?
On the Statement of Comprehensive Income, it displays comprehensive income as a separate statement that immediately follows the income statement.
How is income tax on other comprehensive income reported and disclosed?
Components can be reported either net of tax OR before the tax effect with one amount shown for the income tax expense/benefit for the total of the components. The income tax expense/benefit is disclosed on either the face of the related statement OR in the notes to the financial statements.
What are the required disclosures for other comprehensive income?
- The tax effects of each component included
- The changes in the accumulated balances of each component
- Total accumulated other comprehensive income in the balance sheet as an item of equity
- Reclassification adjustments AND current period OCI
As part of the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, what are IFRS requirements that U.S. GAAP does not have?
- Requires an explicit and unreserved statement of compliance with IFRS.
- Disclosures of judgments and estimates that management has made.
Who are not considered related parties under IFRS?
Principal owners
What is the treatment of material related party transactions under U.S. GAAP?
They must be disclosed, EXCLUDING compensation arrangements, expense allowances, and anything else in the ordinary course of business.
Notes and AR must be shown separately from general notes or AR.
What is the treatment of material related party transactions under IFRS?
They must be disclosed, INCLUDING compensation arrangements.
What is the treatment of bad debt expense/allowances/write offs under IFRS?
They must be disclosed.
What is the treatment of bad debt expense/allowances/write offs under U.S. GAAP?
No disclosure is required.
Which estimated tax rate is permitted for the purposes of interim reporting under IFRS?
The effective tax rate using enacted OR substantially enacted changes in tax rates.