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CHAPTER
Intermediate Accounting
13th Edition
Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield
Chapter
1-2
Learning
Learning Objectives
Objectives
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Chapter
1-3
Financial
Financial Accounting
Accounting and
and Accounting
Accounting Standards
Standards
Financial
Statements and
Financial Reporting
Accounting and
capital allocation
Challenges
Objectives
Need to develop
standards
Chapter
1-4
Parties Involved in
Standard Setting
Securities and
Exchange
Commission
American Institute of
CPAs
Financial Accounting
Standards Board
Changing role of the
AICPA
Generally Accepted
Accounting
Principles
FASB Codification
Issues in Financial
Reporting
Political environment
Expectations gap
International
accounting standards
Ethics
Financial
Financial Statements
Statements and
and Financial
Financial Reporting
Reporting
Essential characteristics of accounting are:
(1) the identification, measurement, and
communication of financial information about
(2) economic entities to
(3) interested parties.
Chapter
1-5
LO 1 Identify the major financial statements and other means of financial reporting ..
Financial
Financial Statements
Statements and
and Financial
Financial Reporting
Reporting
Economic Entity
Financial Statements
Additional Information
Financial
Information
Balance Sheet
Presidents letter
Income Statement
Prospectuses,
Statement of Cash
Flows
SEC Reporting
Accounting?
Identifies
and
Measures
and
Communicates
Statement of
Owners or
Stockholders Equity
Note Disclosures
GAAP
Chapter
1-6
News releases
Forecasts
Environmental
Reports
Etc.
Not GAAP
LO 1 Identify the major financial statements and other means of financial reporting ..
Financial
Financial Statements
Statements and
and Financial
Financial Reporting
Reporting
Review
LO 1 Identify the major financial statements and other means of financial reporting ..
Accounting
Accounting and
and Capital
Capital Allocation
Allocation
Resources are limited. Efficient use of resources often
determines whether a business thrives.
Illustration 1-1
Capital Allocation Process
Financial
Financial
Reporting
Reporting
Information to help
users with capital
allocation decisions.
Chapter
1-8
Users
Users
Capital
Capital Allocation
Allocation
Investors, creditors,
and other users
The process of
determining how and
at what cost money
is allocated among
competing interests.
Accounting
Accounting and
and Capital
Capital Allocation
Allocation
Review
Chapter
1-9
Challenges
Challenges Facing
Facing Financial
Financial Accounting
Accounting
Nonfinancial Measurements
Forward-looking Information
Soft Assets
Timeliness
Chapter
1-10
Objectives
Objectives of
of Financial
Financial Accounting
Accounting
Financial
Financialreporting
reportingshould
shouldprovide
provideinformation
informationthat:
that:
(a)
(a) isisuseful
usefulto
topresent
presentand
andpotential
potentialinvestors
investorsand
andcreditors
creditorsand
and
other
otherusers
usersin
inmaking
makingrational
rationalinvestment,
investment,credit,
credit,and
andsimilar
similar
decisions.
decisions.
(b)
(b) helps
helpspresent
presentand
andpotential
potentialinvestors
investorsand
andcreditors
creditorsand
andother
other
users
usersin
inassessing
assessingthe
theamounts,
amounts,timing,
timing,and
anduncertainty
uncertaintyof
of
prospective
prospectivecash
cashreceipts.
receipts.
(c)
(c) clearly
clearlyportrays
portraysthe
theeconomic
economicresources
resourcesof
ofan
anenterprise,
enterprise,
the
theclaims
claimsto
tothose
thoseresources,
resources,and
andthe
theeffects
effectsof
of
transactions,
transactions,events,
events,and
andcircumstances
circumstancesthat
thatchange
changeits
its
resources
resourcesand
andclaims
claimsto
tothose
thoseresources.
resources.
Chapter
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Objectives
Objectives of
of Financial
Financial Accounting
Accounting
Review
Need
Need to
to Develop
Develop Standards
Standards
Various users
need financial
information
Chapter
1-13
Financial Statements
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Statement of Stockholders Equity
Statement of Cash Flows
Note Disclosure
Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles
(GAAP)
Parties
Parties Involved
Involved in
in Standard
Standard Setting
Setting
Three organizations:
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA)
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Chapter
1-14
Securities
Securities and
and Exchange
Exchange Commission
Commission
Established by federal government
Accounting and reporting for public companies
Securities
Securities
Act
Act of
of 1933
1933
Securities
Securities
Act
Act of
of 1934
1934
American
American Institute
Institute of
of CPAs
CPAs
National professional organization
Established the following:
Committee
Committee on
on
Accounting
Accounting
Procedures
Procedures
Chapter
1-16
Accounting
Accounting
Principles
Principles Board
Board
1939 to 1959
1959 to 1973
Issued 51 Accounting
Research Bulletins
(ARBs)
Issued 31 Accounting
Principle Board
Opinions (APBOs)
Problem-by-problem
approach failed
Wheat Committee
recommendations
adopted in 1973
http://www.aicpa.org/
LO 6
Financial
Financial Accounting
Accounting Standards
Standards Board
Board
Wheat Committees recommendations resulted in the creation of a
the Financial Accounting Standards Board in 1973.
Financial
Financial
Accounting
Accounting
Foundation
Foundation
Financial
Financial
Accounting
Accounting
Standards
Standards Board
Board
Financial
Financial Accounting
Accounting
Standards
Standards Advisory
Advisory
Council
Council
Chapter
1-17
Financial
Financial Accounting
Accounting Standards
Standards Board
Board
Missions is to establish and improve standards of
financial accounting and reporting. Differences
between FASB and APB include:
Smaller Membership
Full-time, Remunerated Membership
Greater Autonomy
Increased Independence
Broader Representation
http://www.fasb.org/
Chapter
1-18
Financial
Financial Accounting
Accounting Standards
Standards Board
Board
Review
Due
Due Process
Process
FASB relies on two basic premises:
Responsive to entire economic community
(2) Operate in full view of the public
(1)
Types
Types of
of Pronouncements
Pronouncements
Issued by the FASB:
Standards, Interpretations, and Staff Positions.
Financial Accounting Concepts
Emerging Issues Task Force Statements
Chapter
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Types
Types of
of Pronouncements
Pronouncements
CA1-11 (Accounting Pronouncements) Standard setting bodies have issued a
number of authoritative pronouncements. A list is provided on the left, below,
with a description of these pronouncements on the right.
(d)
(f)
(c)
(e)
(a)
(b)
Chapter
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Changing
Changing Role
Role of
of AICPA
AICPA
The AICPA established the Accounting Standards Executive
Committee (AcSEC):
Audit and Accounting Guides
Statements of Position (SOP)
Practice Bulletins
AICPA and AcSEC no longer issues authoritative accounting
guidance for public companies.
PCAOB oversees the development of auditing standards.
AICPA continues to develop and grade the CPA examination.
Chapter
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Generally
Generally Accepted
Accepted Accounting
Accounting Principles
Principles
Those principles that have substantial authoritative
support.
Major sources of GAAP are:
FASB Standards, Interpretations, and Staff Positions
APB Opinions
AICPA Accounting Research Bulletins
Chapter
1-24
Generally
Generally Accepted
Accepted Accounting
Accounting Principles
Principles
Illustration 1-4
GAAP Documents
Chapter
1-25
Generally
Generally Accepted
Accepted Accounting
Accounting Principles
Principles
Review
Chapter
1-26
Issues
Issues in
in Financial
Financial Reporting
Reporting
Standard Setting in a Political Environment
Accounting standards are as much a product of
political action as they are of careful logic or
empirical findings.
Chapter
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Standard
Standard Setting
Setting
Business
BusinessEntities
Entities
CPAs
CPAsand
and
Accounting
AccountingFirms
Firms
AICPA
AICPA(AcSEC)
(AcSEC)
Financial
Financial
Community
Community
FASB
FASB
Preparers
Preparers
(e.g.,
(e.g.,FEI)
FEI)
Government
Government
Academicians
Academicians
(SEC,
(SEC,IRS,
IRS,other
other
agencies)
agencies)
Investing
InvestingPublic
Public
Accounting standards,
interpretations, and bulletins
Chapter
1-28
Illustration 1-6
User Groups that Influence
Accounting Standards
Industry
Industry
Associations
Associations
Issues
Issues in
in Financial
Financial Reporting
Reporting
Review:
All those who serve on the FASB must be
Certified Public Accountants.
False
Chapter
1-29
Issues
Issues in
in Financial
Financial Reporting
Reporting
Expectation Gap
What the public thinks accountants should do vs.
what accountants think they can do.
Difficult to close
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002)
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(PCAOB)
Chapter
1-30
Issues
Issues in
in Financial
Financial Reporting
Reporting
International Accounting Standards
Two sets of standards accepted for international use:
U.S. GAAP, issued by the FASB
International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS), issued by the IASB
FASB and IASB recognize that
global markets will best be
served if only one set of GAAP
is used.
Chapter
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Issues
Issues in
in Financial
Financial Reporting
Reporting
CA1-9 (GAAP Terminology): With accounting and finance, it
often helps to be fluent in abbreviations and acronyms.
Instructions:
Presented below is a list of common accounting acronyms.
Identify the term for which each acronym stands, and provide
a brief definition of each term.
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(a) AICPA
(e) FAF
(i) CPA
(b) CAP
(f) FASAC
(j) FASB
(c) ARB
(g) SOP
(k) SEC
(d) APB
(h) GAAP
(l) IASB
Issues
Issues in
in Financial
Financial Reporting
Reporting
Ethics in the Environment of Financial Accounting
In accounting, we frequently encounter ethical
dilemmas.
GAAP does not always provide an answer
Doing the right thing is not always easy or obvious
Chapter
1-33
Diversity in Practice
Chapter
1-34
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Chapter
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