TEST 2 ACCT Flashcards
(54 cards)
elected by the shareholders to represent their interests
- its audit committee is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the company’s financial reports
Board of Directors
The procedures designed to ensure that the company is managed in the interest of the shareholders
Corporate Governance
Predictions of earnings for the future accounting period, prepared by financial analysts
Earning Forecasts
The private sector body given the primary responsibility to work out the details rules that become generaly accepted accounting principles
Financial accounting standards Board
The report used by publicly traded companies to disclose any material event not previously reported that is important to investors
Form 8-K
The annual report that publicly traded companies must file with the SEC
Form 10-K
The quarterly report that publicly traded companies must file with SEC
Form 10-Q
Net sales less cost of goods sold
Gross Profit (Gross margin)
Managers of pension, mutual, endowment, and other funds that invest of the behalf of others
Institutional investors
Suppliers and financial institutions that lend money to companies
Lenders(creditors)
Amounts that are large enough to influence a user’s decision
Material Amounts
A written public news announcement normally distributed to major news services
Press Release
Individuals who purchase shares in companies
Private investors
The private sector body given the primary responsibility to work out detailed auditing standards
Public company accounting oversight Board(PCAOB)
The U.S government agency that determines the financial statements and other disclosures that public companies must provide to stockholders and the measurement rules that they must use in producing those statements
Securities and Exchange program
Auditors statement that the financial statements are fair presentations in all material respects in conformity with GAAP and that the company maintained effective internal controls over financial reporting
Unqualified(Clean) Audit opinion
Measures the excess of sales prices over the costs to purchase or produce the goods or services sold as a percentage
Gross profit percentage
Measures how much the firm earned for each dollar of investment
Return on assets
Credit card discounts and sales or cash discounts must be recorded as ______ that reduce net sales
contra-revenues
sales return and allowances should be treated as ______
contra-revenue
sales of bundled items must be accounted for using a _____ process to allocate sales price to perform obligations
5 step
When recievables are material, companies must employ the allowance method to account for uncollectibles. The steps in process are:
- end of period adjusting entry to record bad debt expense estimates
-writing off specific accounts determined to be uncollectible during the period
This ratio measures the effectiveness of credit-granting and collection activities
Receivables turnover ratio
When a net decrease in accounts receivable for the period occurs, cash collected from customers is always more than revenue and cash flows from operations increase
Effects on cash flow