information is‚ by definition of FASB Statement No. 2: a. material. b. insignificant. c. significant. d. relevant. 2. easy b The preliminary judgment about materiality is the amount by which the auditor believes the statements could be misstated and still not affect the decisions of reasonable users. a. minimum b. maximum c. mean average d. median average 3. easy d Auditors are responsible for determining whether financial statements are materially misstated‚ so upon discovering
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Chapter 1 – Reporting framework and ethics 1 Financial statements Def.: Financial reporting: is the process of identifying‚ measuring and communicating economic information to others so that they may make decisions on the basis of that information and assess the stewardship of the entity´s management - provide a summary of the performance of an entity over a particular period and of its position at the end of that period - Limited liability companies are required by law to prepare and publish
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analysis‚ which refers to studying the behavior of individual financial statement items over several accounting periods. These periods may be several quarters within the same fiscal year or they may be several different years. The analysis of a given item may focus on trends in the absolute dollar amount of the item or trends in percentages.” (Edmonds‚ T.; p. 343). You may easily see a horizontal analysis as an income statement for a business by creating a list of all assets for a period of more
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and Mowers‚ Inc.: LIFO or FIFO? 1.- Study the financial information for reel mower units that James Colburn prepared for Rick Martino. (Assume that the reel mower units are typical of all classes of inventory at Merrimack). Prepare a pro-forma income statement assuming no changes in accounting policy for 2008‚ and assuming the company sells 10‚000 units each quarter at a price of 2‚000 per unit with Sales General and Administration costs the same as for 2007. Sales Quarter Units ’000s Unit $ $ ’000s
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deals with disclosure of Accounting Principles and policies used for preparation of financial statements of the companies. 2. AS 2: Valuation of Inventories- * It deals with determination of amount of inventory to be shown in financial statements. It is not applicable to shares‚ debentures‚ stock etc. The cost formulae prescribed are FIFO‚ weighted average. 3. AS 3: Cash Flow Statements- * It standard requires companies to report cash generation and utilization. Cash flow is
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Ethics Case 4-7 – Income Statement Presentation of Unusual Loss Requirement The Cranor Corporation suffered $10 million in expenses linked to a product recall. The company had endured product recalls in the past and they still occur in the business. To show revenue from continuing operations‚ Jim Dietz‚ the controller‚ wishes to describe the $10 million as an extraordinary loss‚ instead of an expense included in operating income. He states to the CEO that the company has never had a product
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This document ACC 205 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 Current Liabilities comprises solution of this task: "There are two types of current liabilities that must be estimated. Describe them and explain why they must be estimated. How are the financial statements affected if they are not estimated? Respond to at least two of your classmates Deadline: ( )‚ Business - Accounting Week1 D1: As you have learned in this week’s readings the Accounting Equation is + Owners’ Equity. Is the accounting equation
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accounts affect the income statement and the balance sheet? Balance Sheet: When the Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts‚ a contra asset account‚ is reported on the balance sheet‚ the company expects that some of its accounts receivable will not be collected. It will debit Bad Debt Expense and credit Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts. This will result in reduction of “Current Assets” on balance sheet. Income Statement: This will also result in an expense on the income statement (Earlier than it
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ended 31 March 2011. UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT 1ST QUARTER ENDED 31/3/2011 RM Million 31/3/2010 RM Million FINANCIAL PERIOD ENDED 31/3/2011 RM Million 31/3/2010 RM Million OPERATING REVENUE OPERATING COSTS - depreciation‚ impairment and amortisation - other operating costs OTHER OPERATING INCOME (net) OTHER GAINS (net) OPERATING PROFIT BEFORE FINANCE COST FINANCE INCOME FINANCE COST FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN ON BORROWINGS NET FINANCE (COST)/INCOME ASSOCIATES - share of results (net of tax)
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What are some of the key differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP? The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) - the accounting standard used in more than 110 countries - has some key differences from the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). At the conceptually level‚ IFRS is considered more of a "principles based" accounting standard in contrast to U.S. GAAP which is considered more "rules based." By being more "principles based"‚ IFRS‚ arguably‚ represents and captures
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