13th Edition
By Charles H. Gibson, Verified Chapter's 1 - 13 | Complete
, Chaptero1o Introductio
notooFinancialoReporting
QUESTIONS
1- 1. a.
TheoAICPAoisoanoorganizationoofoCPAsothatopriorotoo1973oacceptedotheo
primaryoresponsibilityoforotheodevelopmentoofogenerallyoacceptedoaccount
ingoprinciples.oTheiroroleowasosubstantiallyoreducedoino1973owhenotheoFin
ancialoAccountingoStandardsoBoardowasoestablished.o Theiroroleowasofurt
heroreducedowithotheoestablishmentoofotheoPublicoCompanyoAccountingoO
versightoBoardowasoestablishedoino2002.
b. TheoFinancialoAccountingoStandardsoBoardoreplacedotheoAccounting
oPrinciplesoBoardoasotheoprimaryorule-
makingobodyoforoaccountingostandards.oItoisoanoindependentoorganiz
ationoandoincludesomembersootherothanopublicoaccountants.
c. TheoSECohasotheoauthorityotoodetermineogenerallyoacceptedoaccounting
oprinciplesoandotooregulateotheoaccountingoprofession.oTheoSECohasoele
ctedotooleaveomuchoofotheodeterminationoofogenerallyoacceptedoaccounti
ngoprinciplesotootheoprivateosector.o TheoFinancialoAccountingoStandard
soBoardohasoplayedotheomajororoleoinoestablishingoaccountingostandards
osinceo1973.o Regulationoofotheoaccountingoprofessionowasosubstantially
oturnedooverotootheoPublicoCompanyoAccountingoOversightoBoardoino200
2.
1-o2.
Consistencyoisoobtainedothroughotheoapplicationoofotheosameoaccountingo
principleofromoperiodotooperiod.o Aochangeoinoprincipleorequiresostatement
odisclosure.
1-o3.
Theoconceptoofohistoricalocostodeterminesotheobalanceosheetovaluationoofoland.o
Theorealizationoconceptorequiresothatoaotransactiononeedsotoooccuroforotheoprofit
otoobeorecognized.
1-o4. a.o Entity e.o Historicalocost
b. Realization f.o Historicalocost
c. Materiality g.o Disclosure
d. Conservatism
,1-o5. Entityoconcept
, 1-o6.
Generallyoacceptedoaccountingoprinciplesodoonotoapplyowhenoaofirmodoesonot
oappearotoobeoaogoingoconcern.o Ifotheodecisionoisomadeothatothisoisonotoaogoin
goconcern,othenotheouseoofoGAAPowouldonotobeoappropriate.
1-o7.
Withotheotimeoperiodoassumption,oinaccuraciesoofoaccountingoforotheoentity,osh
ortoofoitsocompleteolifeospan,oareoaccepted.oTheoassumptionoisomadeothatotheoe
ntityocanobeoaccountedofororeasonablyoaccuratelyoforoaoparticularoperiodoofotime
.o Inootherowords,otheodecisionoisomadeotooacceptosomeoinaccuracyobecauseoofo
incompleteoinformationoaboutotheofutureoinoexchangeoforomoreotimelyoreporting.
o Theostatementsoareoconsideredotoobeomeaningfulobecauseomaterialoinaccurac
iesoareonotoacceptable.
1- 8.o o Itoisotrueothatotheoonlyoaccurateowayotooaccountoforotheosuccessoorofailureoofoanoe
ntityoisotooaccumulateoallotransactionsofromotheoopeningoofobusinessountilotheob
usinessoeventuallyoliquidates.o Butoitoisonotonecessaryothatotheostatementsobeoc
ompletelyoaccurateoinoorderoforothemotoobeomeaningful.
1- 9. a. Aoyearothatoendsowhenooperationsoareoatoaolowoebboforotheoyear.
b. TheoaccountingotimeoperiodoisoendedoonoDecembero31.
c. Aotwelve-
monthoaccountingoperiodothatoendsoatotheoendoofoaomonthootherothanoDec
embero31.
1-10. Money.
1-
11.o o Whenomoneyodoesonotoholdoaostableovalue,otheofinancialostatementsoca
noloseomuchoofotheirosignificance.o Tootheoextentothatomoneyodoesonotoremaino
stable,oitolosesousefulnessoasotheostandardoforomeasuringofinancialotransactio
ns.
1-12.
No.o Thereoisoaoproblemowithodeterminingotheoindexoinoorderotooadjustotheostat
ements.o Theoitemsothatoareoincludedoinotheoindexomustobeorepresentative.oIno
addition,otheopricesoofoitemsochangeobecauseoofovariousofactors,osuchoasoquali
ty,otechnology,oandoinflation.
Yes.oAoreasonableoadjustmentotootheostatementsocanobeomadeoforoinflation.
1-13. False.o Anoarbitraryowrite-
offoofoinventoryocannotobeojustifiedounderotheoconservatismoconcept.o Theocon
servatismoconceptocanoonlyobeoappliedowhereothereoareoalternativeomeasurem
entsoandoeachoofotheseoalternativeomeasurementsohasoreasonableosupport.