SOLUTION MANUAL FOR
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING
10TH EDITION BY SPICELAND
,Chapter 1 Environment and Theoretical Structure of
Financial Accounting
Question 1–1
Financial accounting is concerned with providing relevant financial information
about various kinds of organizations to different types of external users. The primary
focus of financial accounting is on the financial information provided by profit-oriented
companies to their present and potential investors and creditors.
Question 1–2
Resources are efficiently allocated if they are given to enterprises that will use them
to provide goods and services desired by society and not to enterprises that will waste
them. The capital markets are the mechanism that fosters this efficient allocation of
resources.
Question 1–3
Two extremely important variables that must be considered in any investment
decision are the expected rate of return and the uncertainty or risk of that expected
return.
Question 1–4
In the long run, a company will be able to provide investors and creditors with a
rate of return only if it can generate a profit. That is, it must be able to use the resources
provided to it to generate cash receipts from selling a product or service that exceed the
cash disbursements necessary to provide that product or service.
Question 1–5
The primary objective of financial accounting is to provide investors and creditors
with information that will help them make investment and credit decisions.
Question 1–6
Net operating cash flows are the difference between cash receipts and cash
disbursements during a period of time from transactions related to providing goods and
services to customers. Net operating cash flows may not be a good indicator of future
cash flows because, by ignoring uncompleted transactions, they may not match the
accomplishments and sacrifices of the period.
,Answers to Questions (continued)
Question 1–7
GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) are a dynamic set of both broad
and specific guidelines that a company should follow in measuring and reporting the
information in their financial statements and related notes. It is important that all
companies follow GAAP so that investors can compare financial information across
companies to make their resource allocation decisions.
Question 1–8
In 1934, Congress created the SEC and gave it the job of setting accounting and
reporting standards for companies whose securities are publicly traded. The SEC has
retained the power, but has relied on private sector bodies to create the standards. The
current private sector body responsible for setting accounting standards is the FASB.
Question 1–9
Auditors are independent, professional accountants who examine financial
statements to express an opinion. The opinion reflects the auditors’ assessment of the
statements' fairness, which is determined by the extent to which they are prepared in
compliance with GAAP. The auditor adds credibility to the financial statements, which
increases the confidence of capital market participants relying on that information.
, Answers to Questions (continued)
Question 1–10
On July 30, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
The most dramatic change to federal securities laws since the 1930s, the Act radically
redesigns federal regulation of public company corporate governance and reporting
obligations. It also significantly tightens accountability standards for directors and
officers, auditors, securities analysts, and legal counsel. Student opinions as to the
relative importance of the key provisions of the act will vary. Key provisions in the
order of presentation in the text are:
Creation of an Oversight Board
Corporate executive accountability
Nonaudit services
Retention of work papers
Auditor rotation
Conflicts of interest
Hiring of auditor
Internal control
Question 1–11
New accounting standards, or changes in standards, can have significant
differential effects on companies, investors and creditors, and other interest groups by
causing redistribution of wealth. There also is the possibility that standards could harm
the economy as a whole by causing companies to change their behavior.
Question 1–12
The FASB undertakes a series of elaborate information gathering steps before
issuing an accounting standard to determine consensus as to the preferred method of
accounting, as well as to anticipate adverse economic consequences.
Question 1–13
The purpose of the conceptual framework is to guide the Board in developing
accounting standards by providing an underlying foundation and basic reasoning on
which to consider merits of alternatives. The framework does not prescribe GAAP.
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING
10TH EDITION BY SPICELAND
,Chapter 1 Environment and Theoretical Structure of
Financial Accounting
Question 1–1
Financial accounting is concerned with providing relevant financial information
about various kinds of organizations to different types of external users. The primary
focus of financial accounting is on the financial information provided by profit-oriented
companies to their present and potential investors and creditors.
Question 1–2
Resources are efficiently allocated if they are given to enterprises that will use them
to provide goods and services desired by society and not to enterprises that will waste
them. The capital markets are the mechanism that fosters this efficient allocation of
resources.
Question 1–3
Two extremely important variables that must be considered in any investment
decision are the expected rate of return and the uncertainty or risk of that expected
return.
Question 1–4
In the long run, a company will be able to provide investors and creditors with a
rate of return only if it can generate a profit. That is, it must be able to use the resources
provided to it to generate cash receipts from selling a product or service that exceed the
cash disbursements necessary to provide that product or service.
Question 1–5
The primary objective of financial accounting is to provide investors and creditors
with information that will help them make investment and credit decisions.
Question 1–6
Net operating cash flows are the difference between cash receipts and cash
disbursements during a period of time from transactions related to providing goods and
services to customers. Net operating cash flows may not be a good indicator of future
cash flows because, by ignoring uncompleted transactions, they may not match the
accomplishments and sacrifices of the period.
,Answers to Questions (continued)
Question 1–7
GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) are a dynamic set of both broad
and specific guidelines that a company should follow in measuring and reporting the
information in their financial statements and related notes. It is important that all
companies follow GAAP so that investors can compare financial information across
companies to make their resource allocation decisions.
Question 1–8
In 1934, Congress created the SEC and gave it the job of setting accounting and
reporting standards for companies whose securities are publicly traded. The SEC has
retained the power, but has relied on private sector bodies to create the standards. The
current private sector body responsible for setting accounting standards is the FASB.
Question 1–9
Auditors are independent, professional accountants who examine financial
statements to express an opinion. The opinion reflects the auditors’ assessment of the
statements' fairness, which is determined by the extent to which they are prepared in
compliance with GAAP. The auditor adds credibility to the financial statements, which
increases the confidence of capital market participants relying on that information.
, Answers to Questions (continued)
Question 1–10
On July 30, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
The most dramatic change to federal securities laws since the 1930s, the Act radically
redesigns federal regulation of public company corporate governance and reporting
obligations. It also significantly tightens accountability standards for directors and
officers, auditors, securities analysts, and legal counsel. Student opinions as to the
relative importance of the key provisions of the act will vary. Key provisions in the
order of presentation in the text are:
Creation of an Oversight Board
Corporate executive accountability
Nonaudit services
Retention of work papers
Auditor rotation
Conflicts of interest
Hiring of auditor
Internal control
Question 1–11
New accounting standards, or changes in standards, can have significant
differential effects on companies, investors and creditors, and other interest groups by
causing redistribution of wealth. There also is the possibility that standards could harm
the economy as a whole by causing companies to change their behavior.
Question 1–12
The FASB undertakes a series of elaborate information gathering steps before
issuing an accounting standard to determine consensus as to the preferred method of
accounting, as well as to anticipate adverse economic consequences.
Question 1–13
The purpose of the conceptual framework is to guide the Board in developing
accounting standards by providing an underlying foundation and basic reasoning on
which to consider merits of alternatives. The framework does not prescribe GAAP.
