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| In a corporate form of business organization, legal capital is best defined as |
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| the par value of all capital stock issued. |
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| Manning Company issued 10,000 shares of its $5 par value common stock having a fair value of $25 per share and 15,000 shares of its $15 par value preferred stock having a fair value of $20 per share for a lump sum of $530,000. How much of the proceeds would be allocated to the common stock |
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240,909: (10,000 x $25) + (15,000 x $20) = $550,000
($250,000/$550,000) x $530,000 = $240,909 |
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| A corporation was organized in January 2014 with authorized capital of $10 par value common stock. On February 1, 2014, shares were issued at par for cash. On March 1, 2014, the corporation's attorney accepted 7,000 shares of common stock in settlement for legal services with a fair value of $90,000. Additional paid-in capital would increase on |
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| February 1, 2014 NO March 1, 2014 YES |
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| The accounting for treasury stock retirements under IFRS requires |
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| a charge for the excess to paid-in capital, depending on the original transaction related to the issuance of the stock. |
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| The conversion of bonds is most commonly recorded by the |
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| In January 1, 2015, Evans Company granted Tim Telfer, an employee, an option to buy 3,000 shares of Evans Co. stock for $25 per share, the option exercisable for 5 years from date of grant. Using a fair value option pricing model, total compensation expense is determined to be $22,500. The service period is for three years beginning January 1, 2015. As a result of the option granted to Telfer, using the fair value method, Evans should recognize compensation expense for 2015 on its books in the amount of |
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| Lang Co. issued bonds with detachable common stock warrants. Only the warrants had a known market value. The sum of the fair value of the warrants and the face amount of the bonds exceeds the cash proceeds. This excess is reported as |
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| Discount on Bonds Payable. |
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| Under IFRS, how are convertible debt recorded? |
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| Convertible debt is separated into equity component and debt component. |
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| All of the following are characteristics of a derivative financial instrument except the instrument |
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| a. has one or more underlyings and an identified payment provision. B. requires a large investment at the inception of the contract. C. requires or permits net settlement. |
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| Gains or losses on cash flow hedges are |
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| recorded in equity, as part of other comprehensive income. |
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| Rushia Company has an available-for-sale investment in the 10%, 10-year bonds of Pear Company The investment’s carrying value is $3,200,000 at December 31, 2014. On January 9, 2015, Rushia learns that Pear Company has lost its primary manufacturing facility in an uninsured fire. As a result, Rushia determines that the investment is impaired and now has a fair value of $2,300,000. In June, 2016, Pear Company has succeeded in rebuilding its manufacturing facility, and its prospects have improved as a result. If Rushia Company determines that the fair value of the investment is now $3,900,000 and is using U.S. GAAP for its external financial reporting, which of the following is true? |
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| Rushia is prohibited from recording the recovery in value of the impaired investment. |
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| The first step in the process for revenue recognition is to |
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| identify the contract with customers |
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| Roche Pharmaceuticals entered into a licensing agreement with Zenith Lab for a new drug under development. Roche will receive $6,750,000 if the new drug receives FDA approval. Based on prior approval, Roche determines that it is 85% likely that the drug will gain approval. The transaction price of this arrangement should be |
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| IASB has issued ___ standard related to revenue recognition |
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| Taxable income of a corporation differs from pretax financial income because of |
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Permanent Temporary YES
Differences Differences YES |
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Lehman Corporation purchased a machine on January 2, 2013, for $3,000,000. The machine has an estimated 5-year life with no salvage value. The straight-line method of depreciation is being used for financial statement purposes and the following MACRS amounts will be deducted for tax purposes: 2013 $600,000 2016 $345,000
2014 960,000 2017 345,000 Assuming an income tax rate of 30% for all years, the net deferred tax liability that should be reflected on Lehman's balance sheet at December 31, 2014 be
2015 576,000 2018 174,000 |
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| Deferred Tax Liability Current $0 Noncurrent $108,000 |
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Didde Corp. prepared the following reconciliation of income per books with income per tax return for the year ended December 31, 2015: Book income before income taxes $1,800,000
Add temporary difference
Construction contract revenue which will reverse in 2016 160,000 Didde's effective income tax rate is 34% for 2015. What amount should Didde report in its 2015 income statement as the current provision for income taxes?
Deduct temporary difference
Depreciation expense which will reverse in equal amounts in
each of the next four years (640,000)
Taxable income $1,320,000 |
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| $448,800 = $1,320,000x.34=$448,800 |
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| Which of the following is false regarding accounting for deferred taxes under IFRS? |
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| A deferred tax liability is classified as current or noncurrent based on the classification of the asset or liability to which it relates. |
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| In determining the present value of the prospective benefits (often referred to as the projected benefit obligation), which of the following are considered by the actuary? |
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Retirement and mortality rate.
Interest rates.
Benefit provisions of the plan |
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| Interest cost included in pension expense recognized for a period by an employer sponsoring a defined-benefit pension plan represents the |
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| increase in the projected benefit obligation due to the passage of time |
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| The International Accounting Standards Board has proposed changes to IFRS pension accounting including all of the following except |
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a. elimination of smoothing via the corridor approach.
b. different presentation of pension costs in the income statement.
**c. requiring recognition of actuarial gains and losses over the expected service lives of employees.
d. a new category of pensions for accounting purpose – “contribution-based promises.” |
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| Which of the following best describes current practice in accounting for leases? |
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a. Leases are not capitalized.
b. Leases similar to installment purchases are capitalized.
*c. All long-term leases are capitalized.
d. All leases are capitalized |
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| Lease A does not contain a bargain purchase option, but the lease term is equal to 90 percent of the estimated economic life of the leased property. Lease B does not transfer ownership of the property to the lessee by the end of the lease term, but the lease term is equal to 75 percent of the estimated economic life of the leased property. How should the lessee classify these leases? |
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| Lease A: Capital Lease, Lease B: Capital Lease |
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| Which of the following is a one of the criteria for recording a lease as a finance lease, under IFRS? |
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*a. The lease term is for the major part of the economic life of the asset.
b. The lease must be cancelable.
c. The lease doesn’t contain a bargain-purchase option.
d. The present value of the minimum lease payments amounts to 75% of the fair value of the leased asset. |
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| What is accounted for as a change in accounting principle? |
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| A change in inventory valuation from average cost to FIFO. |
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On January 1, 2012, Nobel Corporation acquired machinery at a cost of $1,200,000. Nobel adopted the straight-line method of depreciation for this machine and had been recording depreciation over an estimated life of ten years, with no residual value. At the beginning of 2015, a decision was made to change to the double-declining balance method of depreciation for this machine
Assuming a 30% tax rate, the cumulative effect of this accounting change on beginning retained earnings |
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| *No cumulative effect, prospectively |
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| Which of the following should be reported as a prior period adjustment? |
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Change in Estimated Live of Depreciable Assets NO
Change from Unaccepted Principle to Accepted Principle YES |
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| Detailed guidance regarding the accounting and reporting for the indirect effects of changes in accounting principle is available under |
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| The primary purpose of the statement of cash flows is to provide information |
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| about the cash receipts and cash payments of an entity during a period. |
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| Hager Company sold some of its plant assets during 2015. The original cost of the plant assets was $750,000 and the accumulated depreciation at date of sale was $700,000. The proceeds from the sale of the plant assets were $75,000. The information concerning the sale of the plant assets should be shown on Hager's statement of cash flows (indirect method) for the year ended December 31, 2015, as a(n) |
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| subtraction from net income of $25,000 and a $75,000 increase in cash flows from investing activities. |
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| Foxx Corp.'s comparative balance sheet at December 31, 2015 and 2014 reported accumulated depreciation balances of $830,000 and $600,000, respectively. Property with a cost of $50,000 and a carrying amount of $38,000 was the only property sold in 2015. Depreciation charged to operations in 2015 was |
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| $242,000; 830000-600000+(50000-38000)=$242,000 |
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| Ocean Company follows IFRS for its external financial reporting. Which of the following methods of reporting are acceptable under IFRS for the items shown? |
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| Interest received FINANCING Dividends received INVESTING |
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| Which of the following should be disclosed in a Summary of Significant Accounting Policies? |
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| Depreciation method followed |
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| In January 2015, Post, Inc. estimated that its year-end bonus to executives would be $840,000 for 2015. The actual amount paid for the year-end bonus for 2014 was $770,000. The estimate for 2015 is subject to year-end adjustment. What amount, if any, of expense should be reflected in Post's quarterly income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2015? |
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| Farr, Inc. is a multidivisional corporation which has both intersegment sales and sales to unaffiliated customers. Farr should report segment financial information for each division meeting which of the following criteria? |
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| Segment revenue is 10% or more of combined revenue of all the company segments |
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| IFRS is important for U.S. investors for all of the following reasons |
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*many U.S. companies, such as McDonald’s, generate 50% of their sales outside the U.S.
*mergers frequently take place between companies from different countries.
*financial markets are among the most significant international markets |
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