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Explain FASB due process system

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  1. topics are identified and placed on agenda
  2. research is done and preliminary pros and cons issues
  3. public hearing on standard
  4. exposure draft
  5. accounting standard update
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What is FASB Codification

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provides all authoritative literature related to a topic
simplifies user access to all authoritative US GAAP
eliminates nonessential info
organized into one online system
replaces “house of GAAP”

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how is codification organized

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Topic –> subtopics –> sections —> paragraphs

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Why is reliable financial reporting important

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helps investors to compare income and assets of different companies. Also helps investors to assess amounts, timing and uncertainty of future cash flows from dividends, interest & proceeds

overall, it allows investors to assess risk & reward–> use resources more efficiently

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What is the SEC

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securities and exchange commission: administers many acts, requires companies to have file audits
can prescribe accounting practices and standards
relays to FASB for all

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objective of financial reporting

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to provid financial info that is useful to present to equity investors, lenders and other creditors in making decisions about providing resources

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Purpose of general purpose of financial statements

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provide users who have some basis of financial knowledge some information about financial status of an econ entity

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qualitative characterisitcs

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distinguish better information from less useful information

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fundamental qualities

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relevance and faithful representation

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Relevance

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must be capable of making a difference in a decision

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Ingredients of relevance

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predictive value, confirmatory value, materiality

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predictive value

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helps users form own expecations about future ex/ uses pasts income performance to predict the amount, timing and uncertainty of future cash flows

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confirmatory value

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helps users confirm or correct prior expectations ex/ year end financial statements help confirm or change past expectations

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materiality

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info that is omitting or misstating would influence decision making- must make a difference - assessing is difficult bc size and importance (relative size)

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faithful representation

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numbers and descriptions match what actually happened

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Ingredients of faithful representation

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completeness, neutrality, free from error

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Completeness

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all the info that is necessary is provided ex/ omission causes information to be false or misleading - failing to provide correct info on assets

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Neutrality

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company can not select info to favor one party over another ex/ in notes suppressing info about lawsuits

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free from error

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accurate (faithful) representation of a financial item

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Enhancing qualities

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comparability, verifiability, timeliness, understandability

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Comparability

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enables users to identify real similarities and difference in econ events between companies

Consistency- when company applies same accounting treatment to similar events from period to period

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what must a company do if it wants to change accounting methods?

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demonstrate why adopted method is preferable, disclose in notes, nature and effect of accounting change, what period it was changed, justification for it

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Verifiability

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when independent measurers obtain similar results ex/ two auditors arrive at same quantity for inventory

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Timeliness

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having information available to decision-makes before it loses its capacity to influence decisions

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Understandability
Quality of information that lets reasonably informed users see its significance - must have some reasonable knowledge
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FASB 10 elements
assets, liabilities, equity, investment by owners, distributions to owners, comprehensive income, revenues, expenses, gains, losses
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Assets
provides, or will provide future economic benefit - obtained or controlled by company
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Liabilities
probable future sacrifices of econ benefit from present obligations - ex/ lawsuit , unearned revenue (obligation to provide services)
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Equity
residual interest in assets of an entity after deducting liabilities
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Balance sheet accounts
assets, liabilities, equity
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FASB two distinct groups
resources and claims at a moment in time: assets, liabilities, equity affects a company during a period of time: investment by owners, distributions to owners, comprehensive income, revenues, expenses, gains, losses
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Equity accounts
owners investment, owner distribution, comprehensive income
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owner investments
owners are contributing something of value for which owners receive something of value, could be cash for stock, or could be land
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Owner distributions
decrease of equity resulting in transfers to owners: most often cash dividends - but could be property dividends
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Comprehensive income
change in equity during a period, except investment by owners and distributions by owners ex Gains and losses, pension plan, foreign currency adjustments, other investments: these are not reported on income statement
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income statement elements
revenues, expesnes, gains, losses
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revenues
inflows or enhancement of assets, settlements of its liabilities
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expenses
using up of assets, incurring liabilities Using up assets: rent expense . decrease in inventory, Occurrence of liabilities: accounts payable / expensive - expense bc we have an obligation to pay
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gains
increase of net assets, not core business
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losses
decreases of net asset, not core business
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economic entity assumption
economic activity is separate and distinct from owners - does not mean legal entity
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going concerns assumption
company will have a long life
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monetary unit
relevant, simple, universally available -inflation and deflation are ignored
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periodicity
company can divide economic activity into artificial time periods
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Principles of accounting
measurement, revenue recognition, expense recognition, full disclosure
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measurement principle
'mixed attribute' that permits uses of various measurement bases: common used are historical cost and fair value
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historical cost
beneficial bc it is verifiable - title, deed etc can also use it for liabilities- agreed upon value for AP, bonds, notes
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fair value
market based measure
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when would you use fair value over historical cost
- building/ land/ equipment that decline in value -inv decline in value- fair measure to determine cost -equity investments -fair value to measure assets and financial laibiliies- ex/ receivables fair value has better insight into company asset / liabilities and better as assessing future cash flows
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fair value hierarchy lvl 1
obseravable, quoted prices, least subjective
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fair value level 2
more subjective- evaluating similar assets in active markets
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revenue recognition
when services are provided
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expense recognition
matching efforts w/ accomplishments
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product costs
material, labor, overhead --> attached to product, carry the cost into future periods
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period costs
expense in the immediate period, not attached to revenue
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full disclosure
- does it make a difference to users? can you condense it enough to make info understandable? found in three places: main body of statements, notes in statements, supplementary info
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notes to financial statement
explain items in the main body of the statement: can be partially or totally narrative, does not need to be an element
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sarbanes oxley act
increased resources for SEC to combat fraud/ poor reporting -establish overside PCAOB (enforcement and establishing auditing, q control, independence standards, rules) -CFO/CEO personally certify financial statements are accurate, forfeit bonuses when acct restatemetn -audit committee must be independent members -large public companies must document the effectiveness of internal controls
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expectation gap
what publci thinks accountants should do vs what accountants think they can do

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