chap 6: recognition and measurement Flashcards
the process of capturing for incluusion in the financial statements an itemt hat meets the definition of an asset, liability, equity, income or expense.
recognition
The amount at which an asset, a liability or equity in the statement of financial position is reported recognized as _?
carrying amount
links the elements to the statement of financial position and statement of financial performance.
recognition. statement of financial performance.
The statements are linked because the recognition of an item in one statement requires the recognition of the same item in another statement.
true or false: The recognition of expense happens simultaneouly with the recognition of a decrease in asset or increase in liability.
true
true or false: Only items that meet the definition of an asset, a liability or equity are recognized in the statement of financial position.
true
true or false: only items that meet the definition of income or expense are recognized in the statement of financial performance.
true
In addition to meeting the definition of an element, items are recognized only when their recognition provides users of financial statements with information that is both _ and _.
relevant and faithfully represented.
it does not focus anymore on how probable economic benefits will flow to or from the entity and that the cost can be measured reliably.
recognition
true or false: An asset or liability and any corresponding income or expense can exist even if the probability of inflow or outflow of the benefits is low.
true
income shall be recognized when earned.
income recognition principle
under certain conditions, income may be recognized at the point of _, during production, and at the point of collection.
production
with respect to sale of goods in the ordinary course of business, the point of dale is unquestionably the point of _?
income recognition
legal title to the goods passes to the buyer at the _?
point of sale
means that expenses ate recognized when incurred.
expense recognition principle
the expense recognition principle is the application if the _?
matching principle
requires that those costs and expenses incurred in earning a revenue shall be reported in the same period.
matching principle
matching principle had three applications, namely?
- cause and effect association
- systematic and rational allocation
- immediate recognition
the expense is recognized when the revenue is already recognized.
cause and effect association
the cause and wffect association principle is actually the _?
strict matching concept. the reasin is the presumed direct association of the expense with specific income.
this matching process, commonly reffered to as _, involvex the simultaneous or combined recognition of revenue and expenses that reiskt directly snd jointly from the same transactions or events.
the matching if cost with revenue
some costs are expensed by simply allocatinv them over the periods benefitted.
systematic and rational allocation. cost incurred eill benefit future periods and that there is an absencd of a direct or clear association of the expense with specific revenue.
true or false: when economic benefits are expected to arise over serveral accounting periods and the association with incomr can only be broad or indrectly determined, expenses are recognized on the basis of _?
systematic and allocation procedures
the cost incurred outright because of uncertainty of future economic benefits or difficulty of reliably associating costs iwth future revenue.
immediate recognition
defined as the removal of all or part of a recognized asset or liability from the statement of financial position.
derecognition