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Intermediate Accounting Chapter 1, Exams of Advanced Education

Abilene Christian University (ACU)Advanced Education

Intermediate Accounting Chapter 1

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Intermediate Accounting Chapter 1
1. Summary of Learning Objectives
Identify the major financial statements and other means of financial reporting -
correct answer Companies most frequently provide (l) the balance sheet, (2) the
income statement, (3) the statement of cash flows, and (4) the statement of
owners' or stockholders' equity.
financial accounting - correct answer The accounting process that culminates in the
preparation of financial reports for use by both internal and external parties. (p. 4).
financial statements - correct answer The principal means through which a
company communicates its financial information. These statements reflect the
collection, tabulation, and final summarization of the accounting data. The
statements most frequently provided are (1) the balance sheet, (2) the income
statement, (3) the statement of cash flows, and (4) the statement of owners' or
stockholders' equity. Note disclosures are an integral part of a company's financial
statements. (p. 4).
financial reporting - correct answer Reporting of financial information other than in
formal financial statements. Examples include the president's letter or
supplementary schedules in the corporate annual report, prospectuses, reports filed
with government agencies, news releases, management's forecasts, and social or
environmental impact statements. (p. 4).
2. Summary of Learning Objectives
Explain how accounting assists in the efficient use of scarce resources. - correct
answer Accounting provides reliable, relevant, and timely information to managers,
investors, and creditors to allow resource allocation to the most efficient
enterprises. Accounting also provides measurements of efficiency (profitability) and
financial soundness.
3. Summary of Learning Objectives
Identify the objective of financial reporting. - correct answer he objective of
general-purpose financial reporting is to provide financial information about the
reporting entity that is useful to present and potential equity investors, lenders, and
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  1. Summary of Learning Objectives Identify the major financial statements and other means of financial reporting - correct answer Companies most frequently provide (l) the balance sheet, (2) the income statement, (3) the statement of cash flows, and (4) the statement of owners' or stockholders' equity. financial accounting - correct answer The accounting process that culminates in the preparation of financial reports for use by both internal and external parties. (p. 4). financial statements - correct answer The principal means through which a company communicates its financial information. These statements reflect the collection, tabulation, and final summarization of the accounting data. The statements most frequently provided are (1) the balance sheet, (2) the income statement, (3) the statement of cash flows, and (4) the statement of owners' or stockholders' equity. Note disclosures are an integral part of a company's financial statements. (p. 4). financial reporting - correct answer Reporting of financial information other than in formal financial statements. Examples include the president's letter or supplementary schedules in the corporate annual report, prospectuses, reports filed with government agencies, news releases, management's forecasts, and social or environmental impact statements. (p. 4).
  2. Summary of Learning Objectives Explain how accounting assists in the efficient use of scarce resources. - correct answer Accounting provides reliable, relevant, and timely information to managers, investors, and creditors to allow resource allocation to the most efficient enterprises. Accounting also provides measurements of efficiency (profitability) and financial soundness.
  3. Summary of Learning Objectives Identify the objective of financial reporting. - correct answer he objective of general-purpose financial reporting is to provide financial information about the reporting entity that is useful to present and potential equity investors, lenders, and

other creditors in decisions about providing resources to the entity through equity investments and loans or corms of credit. Information that is decision-useful to investors may also be helpful to ther users of financial reporting who are not investors. objective of financial reporting - correct answer Goal for financial accounting and reporting, established by the accounting profession, which is to provide information about the reporting entity that is useful to present and potential to equity investors, lenders, and other creditors in decisions about providing resources to the entity. (p. 5). general-purpose financial statements - correct answer Provide financial reporting information to a wide variety of users at the least cost. (p. 5). entity perspective - correct answer The view that companies are distinct and separate from their owners (present shareholders). (p. 6). decision-usefulness - correct answer Approach that requires that financial reporting be useful to investors by helping them assess (1) the company's ability to generate net cash inflows and (2) management's ability to protect and enhance the capital providers' investments. (p. 6). accrual-basis accounting - correct answer Accounting approach, in which a company records events that change its financial statements in the periods in which the events occur, rather than only in the periods in which it receives or pays cash. Thus, a company recognizes revenues when it earns them rather than when it receives cash, and it recognizes expenses when it incurs them rather than when it pays them. (p. 7).

  1. Summary of Learning Objectives Explain the need for accounting standards. - correct answer The accounting profession has atmpted to develop a set of standards that is generally accepted and universally practiced. Readers of financial statements would have to familiarize themselves with every company's peculiar accounting and reporting practices. As a result, it would be alm.ost lmpossible to prepare statements that could be compared.

Accounting Principles Board (APB) - correct answer Private standard-setting organization from 1959 to 1973, whose mission was to develop an overall conceptual framework. Its official pronouncements, called APB Opinions, were to be based mainly on research studies and be supported by reasons and analysis. The APB issued 31 opinions in its lifetime. (p. 9). APB Opinions - correct answer The official pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board, intended to be based mainly on research studies and be supported by reasons and analysis. Between its inception in 1959 and its dissolution in 1973, the APB issued 31 opinions. (p. 9). Wheat Committee - correct answer The Study Group on Establishment of Accounting Principles, chaired by Francis Wheat, that examined the organization and operation of the Accounting Principles Board and determined the changes needed to attain better productivity and more timely correction of accounting abuses. The Study Group submitted its recommendations to the AICPA Council in the spring of 1972, which adopted the recommendations in total and implemented them by early 1973. (p. 10). Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) - correct answer The major organization of the standard-setting structure for financial accounting. Its mission is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public. The FASB consists of five members, appointed for five-year terms by the Financial Accounting Foundation. Standards issued by the FASB are considered generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). (p. 10). Standards Statement - correct answer Statements issued by the FASB that are considered GAAP and thereby binding in accounting practice. These statements go through a rigorous due process system (discussion memo, public hearing, exposure draft). The passage of a new Standards Statement requires the support of three of the five board members. (p. 11). interpretations - correct answer Statements issued by the FASB that modify or extend existing standards. Interpretations have the same authority as standards for purposes of determining GAAP. (p. 12). staff positions - correct answer Issued by the FASB, these provide interpretive guidance and also minor amendments to standards and interpretations. (p. 12).

Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts - correct answer A series of statements by the FASB that set forth fundamental objectives and concepts that the Board uses in developing future standards of financial accounting and reporting. Unlike a Standards Statement, these statements of concepts do not establish GAAP. However, this cohesive set of interrelated concepts is intended to be a conceptual framework that will serve as tools for solving existing and emerging problems in a consistent manner. (p. 12). Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) - correct answer Group created in 1984 by the FASB to reach a consensus on how to account for new and unusual financial transactions that might create differing financial reporting practices. The FASB reviews and approves all EITF consensuses, and the SEC views consensus solutions as preferred accounting. (p. 12). Auditing Standards Board - correct answer The arm of the AICPA that had been responsible for developing auditing standards. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, now oversees the development of auditing standards. (p. 13).

  1. Summary of Learning Objectives Explain the meaning of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and the role of the Codification for GAAP. - correct answer Generally accepted accounting principles GAAP) are those principles that have substantial authoritative support, such as FASB Sandards, interpretations, and staff positions, APB Opinions and interpretations, AICPA Accounting Research Bulletins, and other authoritative pronouncements. All these docments and others are now classified in one document referred to as the Codification. rhe purpose of the Codification is to simplify user access to all authoritative U.S. GAAP. rhe Codification changes the way GAAP is documented, presented, and updated. Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification (Codification) - correct answer Developed by the FASB, it provides in one place all the authoritative literature related to a particular topic. (p. 14). Accounting Standards Update - correct answer The process by which a new FASB standard, staff position, etc., is included in the FASB Codification. The update includes the background and basis for conclusions for the new pronouncement in a common format, regardless of the form in which such guidance may have been

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) - correct answer All the accounting rules accepted for international use, issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (p. 20). International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) - correct answer The organization, based in London, that sets accounting standards accepted for international use. Although many of these international standards are similar to U.S. GAAP, the FASB and the IASB are currently working on a convergence project to result in one set of high-quality standards. (p. 20).

  1. Summary of Learning Objectives Understand issues related to ethics and financial accounting. - correct answer Financial accountants are called on for moral discernment and ethical decision- making. Decisions ;ometimes are difficult because a public consensus has not emerged to formulate a compehensive ethical system that provides guidelines in making ethical judgments.