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Financial accounting

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Process that culminates to preparation of financial

Reports for internal and external party use

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Essential characteristics of accounting?

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Identification, measurement and communication of

Financial info about economic entities to interested parties

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Managerial accounting

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Process of identifying, measuring, analyzing and
communicating financial info needed by management to
Plan, control and evaluate company’s operations

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How does accounting assist in scarce use of resources?

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Helps inform parties on which businesses

Are most efficient with managing limited resources

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Objective of financial reporting?

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Provide financial information about the reporting entity
That is useful to present and potential equity investors,
Lenders and other creditors in decisions to that entity

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Primary users of general purpose financial statements?

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Investors and creditors

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Entity perspective

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Companies are viewed as separate and distinct form

Their owners

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Proprietary perspective

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Financial reporting should only be focused on the needs of

The shareholders

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Stewardship

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Entity’s Performance in discharging its responsibilities

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2 factors under the decision usefulness approach of investors?

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Company’s ability to generate net cash inflows

Management’s ability to protect and enhance the capital providers’ investments

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Accrual basis accounting

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Ensures that company records events that change it’s
Financial statements in periods when events occur
Rather than only when it receives or pays cash

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Expectations of general purpose financial statements?

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Users expect statements presented fairly, clearly and

Completely cover the company’s financial operations

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3 organizations essential in setting GAAP financial accounting standards?

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

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FASB Main purpose?

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Develop accounting standards

Improve guidance for financial reporting

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International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)

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Consists of over 100 securities regulatory agencies
Or securities exchanges throughout the world

Established 1987

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Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC), 3 written ways the AcSEC communicates?

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Committee authorized to speak for AICPA in area of
financial Accounting and reporting

Written communications: Audit and Accounting Guides,
Statements of Position, Practice Bulletins

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Audit and Accounting Guides

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Summarize accounting practices of specific industries

And provide guidelines for matters not addressed by the FASB

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Statements of Position (SOPs)

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Provide guidance on financial reporting topics until
FASB sets standards for issue

SOPs may update, revise and clarify audit
and accounting guides

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Practice Bulletins

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Indicate the AcSEC’s views on narrow financial reporting

Issues not considered by the FASB

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What did Sarbanes Oxley diminish the role of?

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That the AICPA and AcSEC will no longer issue authoritative

Accounting guidance for public companies

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Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF)

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Selects members of the FASB and Advisory Council,
Funds their activities and generally oversees FASB’s
Activities

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5 changes to the FASB under Sarbanes Oxley?

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1 Smaller membership, 7 members

2 Full time remunerated membership: 5 yr. terms well paid

3 Greater Autonomy: answers only to Financial Accounting Foundation

4 increased independence: FASB members must sever ties from private positions at firms

5 Broader representation: not required to be a CPA. To
Be member of FASB

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Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC)

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Consults on major policy issues, technical issues,
Project priorities and selection and organization
Of task forces

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2 types of FASB major pronouncements?

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Accounting standards updates

Financial Accounting Concepts

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Accounting Standards Updates

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These updates amend the Accounting Standards Codification
Which represents the source of authoritative
accounting standards issued by SEC

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Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)

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Task force purpose is to reach consensus on how to
Account for new and unusual financial transactions
That may potentially create differing financial reporting
Practices

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Statements Of Financial Accounting. Concepts

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Series sets forth fundamental concepts and objectives
The Board uses in developing future standards in financial
Accounting

Does not establish GAAP

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What does GAAP include?

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Mixture of 2000 documents from over 70 years including:

APB Opinions, FASB Standards and AICPA Research Bulletins

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Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Codification

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Provides one place for all authoritative literature related

To particular topics

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Financial Accounting Standards Board Research System (CRS)

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CRS is an online, real time database provides easy

Access to Codification

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Describe impact of rule making on GAAP?

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GAAP is as much a product of political action

As it is careful logic and empirical findings

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Economic consequences

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Impact of accounting reports on wealth positions

Of issuers and users of financial info and decisionmaking

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5 Changes under Sarbanes Oxley?

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1 establish oversight board Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) for accounting practices

2 no company affiliation with auditors

3 CEOs and CFOs must certify on annual reports they are providing accurate info

4 auditors must rotate every 5 years

5 requires code of ethics of senior financial officers

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Internal controls

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System of checks and balances designed to prevent

And detect fraud and errors

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Expectations gap

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What the public thinks accountants should do and

What accountants think they can do

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What are 5 challenges to report with financial reporting?

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Nonfinancial measurements

Forward looking information

Soft assets

Timeliness

Understandability

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4 Nonfinancial measurements?

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Customer satisfaction indexes

Backlog info

Reject rates of goods purchased

Results of company’s sustainability efforts

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Soft assets problems reporting?

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Financial reports fail to talk about company’s intangibles

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Timeliness

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Companies only prepare quarterly and annual statements,

Little to no real time financial info is available

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3 fundamental considerations of FASB?

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1 improvement of financial reporting

2 simplification of accounting literature and rule making process

3 international convergence