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Six Most Authoritatie GAAP Prouncements
1. B- Accounting Research Bulletins
2. O- Accounting Principles Board Opionions
3. S- FASB Statements of Financial Accounting Standards
4. S- FASB Staff Positions
5. I- FASB Interpretations
6. I- FASB Statement Implementation Issues
Primary Qualities of Decision Usefulness
1. Relevance
2. Reliabilty
Secondary Qualities of Decision Usefulness
1. Comparability
2. Consistency
Relevance
1. Predictive Value
2. Feedback Value
3. Timeliness
Reliability
1. Neutrality
2. Representational Faithfulness
3. Verfiability
Fundamental Assumptions
1. Entity Assumption
2. Going Concern Assumption
3. Monetary Unit Assumption (inflation are not reflecte in the financial statement)
4. Periodicity Assumption
5. Historical Cost Principle (General Rule)
6. Revenue Recognition Principle
Revenue Recognition Principle
1. Earned
2. Realized or Realizable
Matching Principle
All expenses incurred to generate a specigic amount of revenue in a period are matched against that revenue.
Conservatism Principle
The Method that is least likely to overstate assets and understate liabilities
1. defer estimate gains until realized
2. record probable estimated losses immediately
Uses of the Income Statement
1. Determining Profitability
2. Value for investment purposes
3. credit worthiness
Reported on Income Statement
1. Income from Continuing Operations- Gross of Tax
2. Income from Discontinued Operations- Net of Tax
3. Extraordinary Items- Net of Tax
Reported on Statement of Retained Earnings
Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle- Net of Tax
-change from one acceptable method of accounting to another
Line Items above ___________ are shown gross
"income from continuing operations"
Held for Sale
1. Plan to Sell
2. Available
3. Active Buyer
4. Probable (within one year)
5. Actively Marketed
6. Unlikely will be withdrawn
Components of Comprehensive Income
1. Net Income
2. Other Comprehensive Income (PUFE adjustments)
Components of Net Income
1. Income of continuing Operations
2. Discountinued Operations
3. Extraordinary Items
Other Comprehensive Income
1. Pension Changes in Funded Status
2. Unrealized Gains and Losses
3. Foreign Currency Items
4. Effectiv Portion of Cash Flow Hedges
Segment Profit Formula
Revenues
Less
: Directly traceable coasts
Less
: Reasonably allocated costs
Operating Profit
Valuation Techniques
1. The Market Approach
2. The Income Approach
3. The Cost Approach
The Market Approach
Uses prices and other relevant information from market transactions involving identical or comporable assets or liabilities to measure fair value
The Income Approach
converts future amounts, incluiding cash flows or earnings, to a single discounted amount to measure fair value.
The Cost Approach
uses current replacemtn cost to measuer the fair value of assets
Level 1 Inputs
highest priority
quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
Level 2 Inputs
1. Inputs other than quoted market prices (Ebay)
2. Observable
Level 3 Inputs
1. Subjective
2. Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability
Author
bnovero
ID
8775
Card Set
FAR1
Description
CPA FAR
Updated
2010-03-03T05:16:07Z
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