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Page 9 of 106 Proprietary Fiduciary - Answer Government--> modified accrual Proprietary--> accrual Fiduciary--> accrual Modified Accrual - Answer Modified Accrual uses government funds. For example the revenues are recorded only if they're MEASURABLE and AVAILABLE for paying current ...

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Financial Accounting & Reporting Each

response is right on the mark, leading to

maximum points.

What are net sales - Answer Sales - returns (expected returns)

What is the pervasive constraint - Answer Benefits > Costs

In Decision usefulness what falls under Relevance - Answer Predictive Value

Confirmatory Value

In Decision usefulness what falls under Faithful Representation - Answer Complete

Neutral

Free from Error

What are the Enhancing Qualitative Characteristics - Answer Comparability (consistency helps

achieve comparability)

Verifiability



Timeliness



Understandability

What's the most authoritative accounting pronouncement (Formal/authoritive announcement/declaration)

- Answer Accounting standards Codification




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,SFAC not authoritative cause it's just rules for following the rules

For customers who pay annual fees in advance how is the revenue recognized - Answer Recognize

revenue evenly over the contract year as the service are performed the unearned liability gets reduced as

you perform more work

How to calculate realized GP - Answer Compute GP% x Cash Collected

What is modified cash basis - Answer Hybrid method which combines the cash & accrual basis

provides more info to uses than cash basis while continuing to avoid the complexities of GAAP.

What's the process for issuing a new FASB accounting standards update - Answer Identify

Financial Reporting issue from stakeholders



FASB Chairman consults with FASB members & Board of trustees & decides whether to add another

project. The board of trustees VOTES on whether or not to add the projects to its agenda (majority vote

wins)



Eventually the BOARD ISSUES STANDARDS UPDATES THROUGH A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE

Liability for coupons example - Answer Cost of Toys



(Payment you receive from customers that redeem your products)



=Liability owed for cost of toys

What is the definition of prepaid expense - Answer Assets paid for before a company can even use

them



Prepaid asset

cash

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,Adjusting Journal entry



Prepaid exp

Prepaid asset

What is Capital maintenance - Answer Recovery of cost

What is financial Capital - Answer The effects of price changes on assets held and liabilities owed

are recognized as "holding gain & losses" & included in return on capital

---> this is applied to currently reported NI therefore affects the comprehensive income

What is physical capital concept - Answer The effect of price changes are recognized as "capital

maintenance adjustments"

According to SFAC 6. What are the elements of Financial Statements. What are the 3 characteristics of

assets - Answer 1) Probable future



2) Particular entity can maintain control



3) Transaction/event that gave rise to an entity's control

SFAC 5 Recognition & Measurement in F/S of Business enterprise. When should revenue such as royalty

revenue be reported as revenue - Answer If your supposed to receive royalty for lets say 3 years

then recognize revenue in the period earned

FASB codification "Risk & Uncertainties" primary subject discussed is - Answer Disclosure 1)

name of operations such as major products/service 2) Use of estimates in preparation of financial

statement 3) Certain Significant estimates 4) Current vulnerability due to concentrations




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, What are General & Administration expense - Answer It's a part of operating expense because

operating expense includes selling and admin expense The admin expense applies to company as a whole

like fixed salaries etc



For example sales representative would be EXCLUDED FROM General and admin expense because

they're considered selling expense helping to promote sales

Included in $292,500 is the $30k cost of printing catalogues for a sales promotional campaign in January

20X2. Should this 30k be included in 20X1 expense? - Answer No this 30k should be deferred to

20X2 because that's what the costs are for unless it specifically states it's prepaid

Predictive value is an ingredient of - Answer Relevance

Qualitative characteristics of useful info, what are US and IFRS differences - Answer U.S. and

GAAP have the same qualitative characteristics of useful info



Both have

Element

Recognition

Measurement

Financial statements

Earnings

CF liquidity

When is amortization expense recorded? - Answer Amortization expense is recorded at END OF

THE YEAR SO 12/31/XX



For example, if a company was to eliminate the patent on 12/31/x2 then there is no amortization expense

on for x2

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