Chapter 5 LO1: Describe the objective of financial reporting and identify the qualitative characteristics‚ conventions‚ and ethical considerations of accounting information. The objective of financial reporting is: To provide financial information that is useful in making decisions in assessing; Cash flow prospects‚ Stewardship. * Cash flow prospects: the information needed to make judgments about the entity’s ability to generate cash flows. * Stewardship: the information about the company’s
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1. Which of the following statements is true about hedge accounting under U.S. GAAP? a. If a derivative qualifies as a cash flow hedge‚ a company may choose to account for it as a fair value hedge. 2. When a currency is allowed to increase or decrease in value relative to other currencies‚ the currency is said to: a. Float 3. What has occurred when one company purchases the right to buy a foreign currency some time in the future at an exchange rate quoted today? a. the company has acquired
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There is more to Financial Accounting than meets the Eye ACCT 201 The Impact of Financial Accounting The current economy reinforces the necessity for businesses and organizations to maintain a strict watch over their assets. “Two-thirds of new establishments survive two years and 44 percent survive at least four years” (Knaup‚ 2005‚ p. 50). These survival rates are based across the spectrum of all industries. Despite the views that other industries survive more frequently‚ research shows that
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ACCOUNTING 592 Financial Accounting & Reporting Seminar Spring 2010 Instructor: Office Hours (subject to adjustment): Teresa Gordon Office Hours: W 8:30–11:00 AM Albertsons Bldg. 118 and T‚W‚Th 1:15 - 3:00 PM 885-8960 or by appointment E-mail: tgordon@uidaho.edu Course web page: http://www.cbe.uidaho.edu/Acct592 ------------------------------------------------- MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY – LEARNING GOALS ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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Accounting is the financial information system that provides these insights. In short‚ to understand your organization‚ you have to know the numbers. Accounting consists of three basic activities—it identifies‚ records‚ and communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users. You cannot earn a living‚ spend money‚ buy on credit‚ make an investment‚ or pay taxes without receiving‚ using‚ or dispensing financial information. Good decision making depends on good information
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Accrual Accounting: Income is recorded as you invoice customers‚ and expenses are recorded when you receive bills from vendors‚ regardless of when cash is actually exchanged. This presents a truer picture of income and expenses. Most companies use this method. Cash-Basis Accounting: Income is recorded when cash (checks‚ money orders‚ or currency) is received‚ and expenses are recorded when paid. However‚ unpaid credit sales and purchases do not show on ledgers‚ which can present a misleading
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measurement on the basis of financial reporting. It provides information about what an entity might realize if it sold an asset or might pay to transfer a liability. In recent years‚ the use of fair value as a measurement basis for financial reporting has been expanded. Determining fair value often requires a variety of assumptions as well as significant judgment. Thus‚ investors desire timely and transparent information about how fair value is measured‚ its impact on current financial statements‚ and its
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Financial Accounting Theory (BBAC502) Group Assignment (Group of Four) 25% (Due Session 5.2) “Australia has long recognised that its accounting standards need to be harmonised with standards elsewhere in the world. To ensure consistent application of IFRSs‚ CLERP No. 9 recommended that Australia adopt‚ from January 2005‚ official interpretations of IFRSs issued by the IASB’s International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC). As noted by CLERP No. 9‚ the comparability
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Financial accounting refers to accounting and oversight of the companies have completed a comprehensive system of campaign funds‚ that the external economic stakes of investors‚ creditors and the government departments concerned and enterprises to provide economic information of the financial position and profitability as the main target carry out economic activities. Financial Accounting is an important foundation work of modern enterprises‚ through a series of accounting procedures‚ provided useful
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of International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) in standard setting. The IASC was issuing International Accounting Standards (IAS). So far there were forty one IAS which had been issue before IASB replaced IASC in 2001. As one of the major weaknesses of IASC was that the standards it was issuing contained many objectives thereby defeating the purpose of consistency in recognition‚ measurement and presentation of transactions. IASB intends to limit such choice of accounting treatments 1.)
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