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,Chapter 1 Environment and Theoretical Structure of cn cn cn cn cn cn




Financial Accounting cn




Question 1–1 cn




Financial accounting is concerned with providing relevant financial information ab
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out various kinds of organizations to different types of external users. The primary focu
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s of financial accounting is on the financial information provided by profit-
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oriented companies to their present and potential investors and creditors.
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Question 1–2 cn




Resources are efficiently allocated if they are given to enterprises that will use thecn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn cn




m to provide goods and services desired by society and not to enterprises that will waste
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them. The capital markets are the mechanism that fosters this efficient allocation of res
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ources.

Question 1–3 cn




Two extremely important variables that must be considered in any investment deci
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sion are the expected rate of return and the uncertainty or risk of that expected return.
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Question 1–4 cn




In the long run, a company will be able to provide investors and creditors with a rat
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e of return only if it can generate a profit. That is, it must be able to use the resources pro
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vided to it to generate cash receipts from selling a product or service that exceed the cas
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h disbursements necessary to provide that product or service.
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Question 1–5 cn




The primary objective of financial accounting is to provide investors and creditors
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cn with information that will help them make investment and credit decisions.
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Question 1–6 cn




Net operating cash flows are the difference between cash receipts and cash disburs
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ements during a period of time from transactions related to providing goods and service
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s to customers. Net operating cash flows may not be a good indicator of future cash flow
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s because, by ignoring uncompleted transactions, they may not match the accomplishm
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ents and sacrifices of the period.
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,Question 1–7 cn




GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) are a dynamic set of both broad
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and specific guidelines that a company should follow in measuring and reporting the in
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formation in their financial statements and related notes. It is important that all compa
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nies follow GAAP so that investors can compare financial information across companie
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s to make their resource allocation decisions.
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Question 1–8 cn




In 1934, Congress created the SEC and gave it the job of setting accounting and rep
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orting standards for companies whose securities are publicly traded. The SEC has retain
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ed the power, but has relied on private sector bodies to create the standards. The current
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private sector body responsible for setting accounting standards is the FASB.
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Question 1–9 cn




Auditors are independent, professional accountants who examine financial stateme
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nts to express an opinion. The opinion reflects the auditors‘ assessment of the statement
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s' fairness, which is determined by the extent to which they are prepared in compliance
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with GAAP. The auditor adds credibility to the financial statements, which increases th
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e confidence of capital market participants relying on that information.
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, Question 1–10 cn




Key provisions included in the text are:
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 Creation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board cn cn cn cn cn cn cn




 Regulate types of non-audit audit services cn cn cn cn cn




 Require lead audit partner rotation every 5 year cn cn cn cn cn cn cn




 Corporate executive accountability cn cn




 Addresses conflicts of interest for security analysts cn cn cn cn cn cn




 Internal control reporting and auditor opinion about controls
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Question 1–11 cn




New accounting standards, or changes in standards, can have significant differenti
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al effects on companies, investors and creditors, and other interest groups by causing re
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distribution of wealth. There also is the possibility that standards could harm the econo
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my as a whole by causing companies to change their behavior.
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Question 1–12 cn




The FASB undertakes a series of elaborate information gathering steps before issui
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ng an accounting standard to determine consensus as to the preferred method of account
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ing, as well as to anticipate adverse economic consequences.
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Question 1–13 cn




The purpose of the conceptual framework is to guide the Board in developing acco
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unting standards by providing an underlying foundation and basic reasoning on which t
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o consider merits of alternatives. The framework does not prescribe GAAP.
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