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What are the two measurement principles commonly used in IFRS?
What are the two measurement principles commonly used in IFRS?
- Historical cost principle and fair value principle (correct)
- Accrual basis principle and matching principle
- Conservatism principle and materiality principle
- Revenue recognition principle and going concern principle
Under the historical cost principle, how are assets recorded?
Under the historical cost principle, how are assets recorded?
- At their cost at the time of purchase and over the time the asset is held (correct)
- At a value determined by market fluctuations
- At their expected future value at the time of purchase
- At their fair value at the time of purchase and over the time the asset is held
What does the fair value principle state about reporting assets and liabilities?
What does the fair value principle state about reporting assets and liabilities?
- They should be reported at the highest market value
- They should be reported at a value determined by management's discretion
- They should be reported at fair value, which is the price received to sell an asset or settle a liability (correct)
- They should be reported at historical cost
Which of the following is not a part of the agenda for Session 1 F. Reporting?
Which of the following is not a part of the agenda for Session 1 F. Reporting?
Which account would typically have a debit balance?
Which account would typically have a debit balance?
Which account would be classified as a non-current asset?
Which account would be classified as a non-current asset?
Which account would be classified as a current liability?
Which account would be classified as a current liability?
Who issues U.S. GAAP?
Who issues U.S. GAAP?
Which international accounting standards are issued by IASB?
Which international accounting standards are issued by IASB?
In how many countries has there been a movement towards adoption of IFRS since 2002?
In how many countries has there been a movement towards adoption of IFRS since 2002?
Which body has the authority to determine measurement rules for financial statements in the USA?
Which body has the authority to determine measurement rules for financial statements in the USA?
Which companies are allowed to use IFRS by the SEC?
Which companies are allowed to use IFRS by the SEC?
Who is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of financial information through controls, external auditors, and board committees?
Who is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of financial information through controls, external auditors, and board committees?
What does an audit examine financial reports to ensure?
What does an audit examine financial reports to ensure?
What are key considerations in financial reporting?
What are key considerations in financial reporting?
What does financial disclosure include?
What does financial disclosure include?
What does accounting strategy involve?
What does accounting strategy involve?
What are the two fundamental qualities that useful financial information should have?
What are the two fundamental qualities that useful financial information should have?
Which of the following is not an assumption of the IASB conceptual framework for financial reporting?
Which of the following is not an assumption of the IASB conceptual framework for financial reporting?
What is the primary objective of financial reporting?
What is the primary objective of financial reporting?
Which financial statement reports assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specific date?
Which financial statement reports assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specific date?
Which financial statement reports revenues, expenses, and resulting net income or net loss for a specific period?
Which financial statement reports revenues, expenses, and resulting net income or net loss for a specific period?
What does the accounting equation Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders' Equity represent?
What does the accounting equation Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders' Equity represent?
What are the elements included in the balance sheet?
What are the elements included in the balance sheet?
What are the elements included in the income statement?
What are the elements included in the income statement?
What are the elements included in the statement of cash flows?
What are the elements included in the statement of cash flows?
What is the purpose of the financial statements?
What is the purpose of the financial statements?
What are the fundamental qualities that useful financial information should have?
What are the fundamental qualities that useful financial information should have?
What is the basis for the IASB conceptual framework for financial reporting?
What is the basis for the IASB conceptual framework for financial reporting?
What does the balance sheet report?
What does the balance sheet report?
How are assets and liabilities categorized in a classified balance sheet?
How are assets and liabilities categorized in a classified balance sheet?
What does shareholders' equity represent?
What does shareholders' equity represent?
Why is the quality of financial disclosures crucial?
Why is the quality of financial disclosures crucial?
What is the balance sheet considered as?
What is the balance sheet considered as?
What are current assets in a balance sheet?
What are current assets in a balance sheet?
What do liabilities represent in a balance sheet?
What do liabilities represent in a balance sheet?
What is the focus of financial reporting sessions at IE Business School?
What is the focus of financial reporting sessions at IE Business School?
How are non-current assets classified in a balance sheet?
How are non-current assets classified in a balance sheet?
What are the key components of financial reporting?
What are the key components of financial reporting?
What is more valued by the market than strong, volatile growth?
What is more valued by the market than strong, volatile growth?
What does the balance between offering additional information and compulsory disclosures involve?
What does the balance between offering additional information and compulsory disclosures involve?
Which of the following is an example of a current liability?
Which of the following is an example of a current liability?
What represents advance cash payments for future delivery of products or services?
What represents advance cash payments for future delivery of products or services?
What is the accounting identity representing the relationship between assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity?
What is the accounting identity representing the relationship between assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity?
What is the difference between total assets and total liabilities, including contributions of owners and retained earnings?
What is the difference between total assets and total liabilities, including contributions of owners and retained earnings?
Which of the following is a non-current liability?
Which of the following is a non-current liability?
What is the normal debit or credit balance for shareholders' equity?
What is the normal debit or credit balance for shareholders' equity?
How are increases and decreases recorded for each item in the balance sheet?
How are increases and decreases recorded for each item in the balance sheet?
What is the difference between current and non-current liabilities?
What is the difference between current and non-current liabilities?
What determines the normal debit or credit balances of accounts on the balance sheet?
What determines the normal debit or credit balances of accounts on the balance sheet?
Which account represents obligations expected to be paid after a year?
Which account represents obligations expected to be paid after a year?
What represents the claims of the owners on the company's assets?
What represents the claims of the owners on the company's assets?
What represents the advance cash payments for future delivery of products or services?
What represents the advance cash payments for future delivery of products or services?
Which measurement principle dictates that companies record assets at their cost?
Which measurement principle dictates that companies record assets at their cost?
What does the fair value principle state about reporting assets and liabilities?
What does the fair value principle state about reporting assets and liabilities?
What is the focus of Session 1 F. Reporting at IE Business School?
What is the focus of Session 1 F. Reporting at IE Business School?
Who issues U.S. GAAP?
Who issues U.S. GAAP?
What is the primary focus of financial reporting quality?
What is the primary focus of financial reporting quality?
What does the lack of transparency in financial reporting result in?
What does the lack of transparency in financial reporting result in?
What is the trade-off between offering additional information and compulsory disclosures?
What is the trade-off between offering additional information and compulsory disclosures?
What is the significance of realistic estimations in financial reporting?
What is the significance of realistic estimations in financial reporting?
What is valued more by the market than strong and volatile growth?
What is valued more by the market than strong and volatile growth?
What does the accounting strategy and financial disclosure session emphasize?
What does the accounting strategy and financial disclosure session emphasize?
What does offering additional information in financial reporting involve?
What does offering additional information in financial reporting involve?
What is the focus of the Investor Relations program/team in financial reporting quality?
What is the focus of the Investor Relations program/team in financial reporting quality?
Which organization is recognized as the body formulating US GAAP, applied by most US companies?
Which organization is recognized as the body formulating US GAAP, applied by most US companies?
Which institution issues IFRS and interpretations IFRICs and SICs?
Which institution issues IFRS and interpretations IFRICs and SICs?
Which movement has been observed since 2002 towards adoption of IFRS in over 130 countries?
Which movement has been observed since 2002 towards adoption of IFRS in over 130 countries?
Which entity allows foreign companies trading in the U.S. and Japanese companies to use IFRS?
Which entity allows foreign companies trading in the U.S. and Japanese companies to use IFRS?
Who is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of financial information through controls, external auditors, and board committees?
Who is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of financial information through controls, external auditors, and board committees?
What examines financial reports to ensure representation and conformity with GAAP?
What examines financial reports to ensure representation and conformity with GAAP?
What are key considerations in financial reporting?
What are key considerations in financial reporting?
Which organization has the authority to determine measurement rules for financial statements in the USA?
Which organization has the authority to determine measurement rules for financial statements in the USA?
Which statement is true about the adoption of IFRS in over 130 countries?
Which statement is true about the adoption of IFRS in over 130 countries?
What does financial disclosure include?
What does financial disclosure include?
What is the primary responsibility of management in financial reporting?
What is the primary responsibility of management in financial reporting?
What is the role of SEC in allowing foreign companies to use IFRS?
What is the role of SEC in allowing foreign companies to use IFRS?
What are the fundamental qualities that useful financial information should have?
What are the fundamental qualities that useful financial information should have?
Which financial statement reports assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specific date?
Which financial statement reports assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specific date?
What is the primary objective of financial reporting?
What is the primary objective of financial reporting?
What represents the advance cash payments for future delivery of products or services?
What represents the advance cash payments for future delivery of products or services?
What are the elements included in the statement of cash flows?
What are the elements included in the statement of cash flows?
What does the accounting equation Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders' Equity represent?
What does the accounting equation Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders' Equity represent?
What are the elements included in the income statement?
What are the elements included in the income statement?
What is the normal debit or credit balance for shareholders' equity?
What is the normal debit or credit balance for shareholders' equity?
What does the fair value principle state about reporting assets and liabilities?
What does the fair value principle state about reporting assets and liabilities?
Which of the following is an example of a current liability?
Which of the following is an example of a current liability?
What represents the obligations expected to be paid after a year?
What represents the obligations expected to be paid after a year?
What does an audit examine financial reports to ensure?
What does an audit examine financial reports to ensure?
Study Notes
Analyzing Balance Sheet and Reporting of Liabilities and Equity
- Current liabilities are obligations expected to be paid within a year, while non-current liabilities are expected to be paid after a year.
- Examples of current liabilities include accounts payable, accrued liabilities, short-term borrowings, and dividends payable.
- Unearned revenues represent advance cash payments for future delivery of products or services.
- Non-current liabilities include bonds payable, long-term borrowings, and other obligations.
- Shareholders' equity is the difference between total assets and total liabilities, including contributions of owners and retained earnings.
- The accounting identity, Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders' Equity, must always balance.
- Each item in the balance sheet is represented by an account, and the type of account determines how increases and decreases are recorded.
- The rules of debit and credit for assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity are based on the accounting equation.
- Delta Corporation's balance sheet includes a variety of accounts such as notes and loans payable, materials and supplies, contributed capital, and patents.
- The normal debit or credit balances for these accounts are essential for classifying them on the balance sheet.
- The balance sheet classification of accounts such as notes and loans payable and materials and supplies determines their normal debit or credit balances.
- Understanding the normal debit or credit balances of specific accounts is crucial for accurately classifying them on the balance sheet.
Financial Reporting and Statements
- The primary objective of financial reporting is to provide useful information to investors and creditors for decision-making about providing capital.
- Useful information should have two fundamental qualities: relevance and faithful representation.
- The IASB conceptual framework is based on reporting assumptions including monetary unit, economic entity, time period, and going concern.
- The financial statements have a general purpose of providing information about financial position, performance, and cash flows of a firm for a wide range of users.
- The financial statements include the balance sheet, income statement, statement of shareholders' equity, statement of cash flows, and comprehensive income statement.
- The balance sheet reports assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specific date.
- The income statement reports revenues, expenses, and resulting net income or net loss for a specific period.
- The statement of cash flows reports inflows and outflows of cash for a specific period in operating, investing, and financing categories.
- The balance sheet elements include assets like cash, short-term investments, and liabilities like accounts payable and loans/bonds payable.
- The accounting equation is Assets = Liabilities + Shareholders' Equity, representing economic resources and sources of financing.
- The income statement elements include revenues like sales revenue, and expenses like wages expense and income tax expense.
- The statement of cash flows elements include cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities, which can be positive or negative.
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Test your knowledge of analyzing balance sheets and reporting of liabilities and equity with this quiz. Explore concepts such as current and non-current liabilities, shareholders' equity, accounting identities, balance sheet classifications, and normal debit/credit balances.
