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CPA FAR ExamIdentifying a Variable Interest (VIE) - answerAll Must be Met:
1. There is an arrangement between company and business entity
2. The business entity is a legal entity
3. The business fails to qualify for an exclusion
4. The interest is more than insignificant
5. The company has an explicit or implicit variable interest in the entity
Securities and Exchange Commission - answer- established in 1934 by Securities and
Exchange Act
- all public and large private companies are subject to their rules and regulations
- has issued specific accounting rules and regulations in Regulation S-X, Financial
Reporting Releases (FRR), Accounting Series Releases (ASR), Interpretative Releases
(IR), etc.
Committee on Accounting Procedures - answerdetermined GAAP from 1939 to 1959
- part-time committee of the AICPA that promulgated Accounting Research Bulletins
Accounting Principles Board - answerdetermined GAAP from 1959 to 1973
- part time committee of the AICPA that issued Accounting Principles Board Opinions
and APB interpretations
Financial Accounting Standards Board - answerestablished in 1973 and has determined
GAAP ever since then
- up to 2009 issued Financial Accounting Standards, FASB interpretations, FASB
technical Bulletins, Emerging Issues Task Force Statements, FASB Staff Positions,
FASB implementation Guides, and Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts
- has 7 full time members with 5 year terms
FASB Accounting Standards Codification - answer- codified on July 2009
- became the single source of authoritative nongovernmental US GAAP
FASB updates to ASC & SEC content - answer- FASB amendments issued for public
comment through exposure drafts
- majority vote of the Board need to approve an exposure draft for issuance
,- FASB staff analyzes all comment letters from public and then the Board re-deliberates
the issue
- FASB staff prepares an Accounting Standards Update for Board
- majority vote of Board needed to amend the ASC
IASB - answerestablished in 2001 as part of the International Financial Reporting
Standards Foundation
FASB Conceptual Framework - answer- statements of financial accounting concepts
-serve as basis for financial accounting concepts for business and nonbusiness
enterprises
- NOT GAAP, just basic reasoning of why
Objective of General Purpose Financial Reporting - answerto provide financial
information about the reporting entity that is useful to the primary users in making
decisions about providing resources to the reporting entity
Form 10-K Deadlines - answer- Large Accelerated = 60 days
- Accelerated = 75 days
- All Others = 90 days
Form 10K - answermust be filed annually by US registered companies
- contains financial disclosures, including a summary of financial data, management's
discussion and analysis, and audited financial statements prepared using GAAP
Form 10Q - answerfiled quarterly by US registered companies
- includes unaudited financial statements, interim period MD & A and certain disclosures
Form 10-Q Deadlines - answer- Large Accelerated = 40 days
- Accelerated = 40 days
- All Others = 45 days
Form 11K - answerEmployee Benefit Plans
Form 20 F - answer- non US annual report
Form 40 F - answerCanadian annual report
Form 6 K - answerfiled semiannually by FOREIGN private issuers
similar to 10-Q
Form 8 K - answerreports major events
Ex: new CEO, audit firm, asset acquisitions, disposals
Forms 3, 4, and 5 - answerforms required by 10% owners
, Interim Financial Reporting - answer- Balance Sheets: end of the most recent fiscal
quarter and as of the end of the preceding fiscal year
- Income Statements: most recent fiscal quarter, for period between the end of the
preceding fiscal year and the end of the most recent fiscal quarter, and for the
corresponding periods of the preceding fiscal year
also for the cumulative 12 month period ended during the most recent fiscal quarter &
the corresponding preceding period
- Statement of Cash Flows: period between the end of the preceding fiscal year and the
end of the most recent fiscal quarter, and corresponding period for the preceding fiscal
year
cumulative 12 month period ended during the most recent fiscal quarter and for the
corresponding preceding period
Annual Financial Reporting - answer- 2 Balance Sheets
- 3 Income Statements
- 3 Cash Flows
- 3 Changes in Owner's Equity
Annual financial Reporting IFRS - answer- 2 balance sheets
- 2 statements of comprehensive income
- 2 statements of changes in equity
- 2 statements of cash flows
XBRL - answersoftware that uses XML to electronically file data and link it
Tag - answera machine readable code
includes descriptive labels, definitions, references to US GAAP that provide contextual
information
instance document - answerXBRL formatted document that contains tagged data
SEC interactive data rule - answerrequires US public companies to present financial
statements using XBRL
- SEC registration statements
- quarterly and annual reports
- 6K and 8K
- notes
- schedules
* management's discussion & analysis NOT required
Required Disclosure of Operating Segments - answer- for public companies only
- disclose segment profit/loss, assets, and certain related items
- NOT liabilities (IFRS ONLY)
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