13th Edition
By Charles H. Gibson, Verified Chapter's 1 - 13 | Complete
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QUESTIONS
1- 1. a.
The AICPA is an organization of CPAs that prior to 1973 accepted the prim
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ary responsibility for the development of generally accepted accounting pri
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nciples. Their role was substantially reduced in 1973 when the Financial Acco
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unting Standards Board was established. Their role was further reduced wit
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h the establishment of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board wa
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s established in 2002.
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b. The Financial Accounting Standards Board replaced the Accounting Pri
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nciples Board as the primary rule- tx tx tx tx tx
making body for accounting standards. It is an independent organizati
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on and includes members other than public accountants.
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c. The SEC has the authority to determine generally accepted accounting pri
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nciples and to regulate the accounting profession. The SEC has elected to
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leave much of the determination of generally accepted accounting princi
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ples to the private sector. The Financial Accounting Standards Board has
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played the major role in establishing accounting standards since 1973. Re
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gulation of the accounting profession was substantially turned over to the
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1- 2.
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Consistency is obtained through the application of the same accounting pr
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inciple from period to period. A change in principle requires statement disc
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, losure.
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The concept of historical cost determines the balance sheet valuation of land. The
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ecognized.
1- 4.
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b. Realization f. Historical cost
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c. Materiality g. Disclosure
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Generally accepted accounting principles do not apply when a firm does not ap
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pear to be a going concern. If the decision is made that this is not a going conc
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ern, then the use of GAAP would not be appropriate.
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1- 7.
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With the time period assumption, inaccuracies of accounting for the entity, short
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of its complete life span, are accepted. The assumption is made that the entity ca
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n be accounted for reasonably accurately for a particular period of time. In othe
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r words, the decision is made to accept some inaccuracy because of incomplete i
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nformation about the future in exchange for more timely reporting. The stateme tx tx tx tx tx tx tx tx tx t x tx
nts are considered to be meaningful because material inaccuracies are not accep
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table.
1- 8. t x t x It is true that the only accurate way to account for the success or failure of an entit
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y is to accumulate all transactions from the opening of business until the busines
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s eventually liquidates. But it is not necessary that the statements be completely
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accurate in order for them to be meaningful. tx tx tx tx tx tx tx
1- 9. a. A year that ends when operations are at a low ebb for the year.
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b. The accounting time period is ended on December 31.
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c. A twelve-
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month accounting period that ends at the end of a month other than Dece
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1-10. Money.
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11. t x t x When money does not hold a stable value, the financial statements can lo
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se much of their significance. To the extent that money does not remain stable, i
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