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Chapter 24: 13Q (page 1445)
“The financial statements of a company are management’s, not the accountant’s.” Discuss the implications of this statement.
Management can display the information only if the auditor does not object to it.
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Under IFRS, share dividends declared after the statement of financial position date but before the end of the subsequent events period are:
a) accounted for similar to errors as a prior period adjustment.
b) adjusted subsequent events, because they are paid from prior year earnings.
c) not adjusted in the current year’s financial statements.
d) recognized on a prospective basis from the date of declaration
Okay. Last fall, someone with a long memory and an even longer arm reached into that bureau drawer and came out with a moldy cheese sandwich and the equally moldy notion of corporate forecasts. We tried to find out what happened to the cheese sandwich—but, rats!, even recourse to the Freedom of Information Act didn’t help. However, the forecast proposal was dusted off, polished up and found quite serviceable. The SEC, indeed, lost no time in running it up the old flagpole—but no one was very eager to salute. Even after some of the more objectionable features—compulsory corrections and detailed explanations of why the estimates went awry—were peeled off the original proposal.
Seemingly, despite the Commission’s smiles and sweet talk, those craven corporations were still afraid that an honest mistake would lead them down the primrose path to consent decrees and class action suits. To lay to rest such qualms, the Commission last week approved a “Safe Harbor” rule that, providing the forecasts were made on a reasonable basis and in good faith, protected corporations from litigation should the projections prove wide of the mark (as only about 99% are apt to do).
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Cineplex Corporation is a diversified company that operates in five different industries: A, B, C, D, and E. The following information relating to each segment is available for 2018.
A | B | C | D | E | |
Sales revenue | \(40,000 | \)75,000 | \(580,000 | \)35,000 | \(55,000 |
Cost of goods sold | 19,000 | 50,000 | 270,000 | 19,000 | 30,000 |
Operating expenses | 10,000 | 40,000 | 235,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 |
Total expenses | 29,000 | 90,000 | 505,000 | 31,000 | 48,000 |
Operating profit (loss) | \)11,000 | \((15,000) | \)75,000 | \(4,000 | \)7,000 |
Identifiable assets | \(35,000 | \)80,000 | \(500,000 | \)65,000 | \(50,000 |
Sales of segments B and C included intersegment sales of \)20,000 and $100,000, respectively.
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(a) Determine which of the segments are reportable based on the:
Subsequent events are reviewed through which date under IFRS?
a) Statement of financial position date.
b) Sixty days after the year-end date.
c) Date of independent auditor’s opinion.
d) Authorization date of the financial statements
(Horizontal and Vertical Analysis) Presented below is the comparative balance sheet for Gilmour Company.
GILMOUR COMPANY COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017 | ||
December 31 | ||
2018 | 2017 | |
Assets | ||
Cash | \( 180,000 | \) 275,000 |
Accounts receivable (net) | 220,000 | 155,000 |
Short-term investments | 270,000 | 150,000 |
Inventories | 1,060,000 | 980,000 |
Prepaid expenses | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Plant & equipment | 2,585,000 | 1,950,000 |
Accumulated depreciation | (1,000,000) | (750,000) |
\(3,340,000 | (2,785,000) | |
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||
Accounts payable | \) 50,000 | \( 75,000 |
Accrued expenses | 170,000 | 200,000 |
Bonds payable | 450,000 | 190,000 |
Common stock | 2,100,000 | 1,770,000 |
Retained earnings | 570,000 | 550,000 |
\)3,340,000 | (2,785,000) |
Instructions
(Round to two decimal places.)
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