Proposed Accounting Standards Update 2017-210 – Inventory (Topic 330)
Summary of Main Points of Proposed ASU 2017-10
Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 330 provides the provisions mandated by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for the accounting and disclosure requirements for inventory. Inventory represents products held for resale and has financial significance because it is deemed a current asset on a company’s balance sheet and the reported amount affects cost of goods sold. Thus, its accurate measurement is important for meaningful financial statements. As part of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) disclosure framework project, FASB released for public comments a proposed accounting standards update
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Another modification is that Section 330-10-50-1 indicates the basis for stating inventories shall be consistently applied and disclosed in the financial statement but this section is superseded by Sections 330-10-50-1A and 330-10-50-1B. Section 330-10-50-1A no longer requires entities to provide required disclosures if the disclosures are immaterial and Section 330-10-50-1B requires notes in the financial statement that may be useful to financial statement users such as how inventory recorded using different measurement methods may affect the decision usefulness of information for projecting future cash flows. Paragraphs 330-10-50-1 Basis for Stating Inventories, 50-2 Losses from Application of Lower of Cost or Market, 50-3 Goods Stated Above Cost, 50-4 Stating Inventories at Sales Prices, 50-5 Losses on Firm Purchase Commitments, and 50-6 Discourse of Significant Estimates is superseded with Paragraph 330-10-50-7 Changes in Inventory (FASB, n.d.) under the proposed
Operational customer supplies stock age will be inventoried monthly and replenishment upon request. A 10% inventory will be conducted monthly on all accountable items. All customer property is always safeguarded in secured in locked areas and only authorize personnel will be allowed entry into these secured locations. Warehouse Manager conducts thorough search for all missing equipment. If any of the customer property is ( lost, missing, stolen, destroyed, or misplaced) controlled equipment, an Financial Liability Investigation of Property Loss form DD form 200 is generated and maintain until completion of investigation, and then file for future
ABC offers separately priced extended warranties for appliances sold that are non-refundable and have no limits to the potential cost of honoring the warranty. Although ABC does track warranty profits and losses by appliance type, assume that no analysis has been performed to determine the rates at which cost are incurred throughout the warranty period. Assuming that manufacturer warranties provide coverage for the appliance for 1 year from the date of purchase, when should revenues and expenses of such warranties be recognized? FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) topic 605-20-25-3 (Revenue Recognition) states that in regard to extended warranties “revenue shall be recognized in income over the period in which the seller is obligated
I nventory Value + Purchases – Current Inventory Value = Costs of Goods Sold Cost of Goods Sold / Actual Net Sales = Food Cost percentage Jeremy states that the improvements to the inventory system over the last few years have helped him run his business better.
Fiscal transparency is a critical element in today’s public financial management system. Transparency also provides a window into government budgets for citizens, helping to hold their leadership accountable. Transparency and honesty in government finance are so integral, in 1982 the U.S. Government established the Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA). An Act to amend the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 to require ongoing evaluations and reports of the adequacy of the systems of internal
The purpose is “to develop, implement, and establish standards for accounting and financial reporting activities are accurate and reliable, and the resulting financial reports are as accurate and beneficial to the end users.” The end users that are discussed in the purpose are the outside users of the financial statements. Outsider users are……
Thus, they are in a position to cover any debt obligations that may come up quickly. Their inventory turnover has been relatively steady over the five years of data. In year 7 their inventory turnover reached 3.2 which means inventory is moving through to customers at an increased rate over the year which correlates with their increased sales. This statement is supported by the fact that the days inventory held for stoves has dropped over the past five years from 146 days in year 3 to 114 days in year 7. These reductions have allowed for the reduction of their days in accounts payable from 51 all the way down to 11.
Clients must keep records and books of accounts including cash book, sales ledger, purchases ledger and general ledger. Supporting documents such as invoices, bank statements, pay-in slips, cheque butts, and receipts for payments, payroll records and copies of receipts issued should be retained. A valuation of the stock in trade should be made at the end of the accounting period and the appropriate records maintained. Company should record sufficient to explain each transaction and to enable a true and fair profit & loss account and balance sheet to be prepared. At the end of the accounting period, a physical stock-take should be made to ascertain the quantity and the cost of the stock in hand or the cost of work in progress statements and
ACC 201 Final Project Part I Accounting Cycle Report Vanessa Ann Williams Southern New Hampshire University The accountant cycle has really impacted me to gain insight on the financial side of Peyton Company. In the accountant cycle, there are many particular directions involve determining the growth of the company such as steps, role, omission and financial statements. It’s important to apply every step from the accountant cycle to make a financial critical decision in the long run. This report will have a breakdown of how to apply the accountant cycle for Peyton Company to be aware of future financial decisions to keep the company holding strong.
Analysis • This section is regarded as the most critical step in writing an effective accounting memo by bringing together the required facts of the research, any supporting authoritative literature, and an accountants overall evaluation before forming a conclusion. • Analysis includes information from relevant guidance, along with an accountant’s own words about how the guidance is applicable. • The memo should contain enough authoritative guidance that the user will not need to perform additional research in the Codification. • Make sure to utilize the concept known as the “guidance sandwich.”
In 2002, the SEC adopted new rules and amendments to address public companies’ disclosure or release of certain financial information that is calculated and presented on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The accrual accounting is more popular and be widely used in business world because it produces more accurate and faithful financial statements that constitute better representation of actual circumstances than its main competitors. The major weakness of accrual accounting is that there is some time issue such like the time of occurred and time of recorded would probably be different and it increases the risk of financial information and the risk of correctness. Also, the accrual accounting generally cost more to operate compared with cash accounting
New Revenue Recognition – Five Steps You’ll Need to Know The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently issued new revenue recognition guidance effective December 15, 2017, for public companies and December 15, 2018, for private companies. The new standard will affect all entities that enter into contracts to sell or purchase goods and services. Not familiar with revenue recognition? An often-misunderstood principle, revenue recognition determines the conditions under which revenue received.
This reduced the company’s inventory costs by over 20% which improved delivery
Having different accounting standards in the world is a problem for multinational public limited companies and investors in order to be able to compare and evaluate financial statements (Doupnik & Perera, 2009). Due to the economic and financial scandals and meltdown in recent years, the pressure has been increased on some countries such as United States. Therefore, it must eliminate the gap between the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The world of accounting diversity will have consequences on such changes, and the standard convergence of US GAAP with International Financial Reporting Standards also largely affect corporate management, investment, stock market, accounting personnel and accounting standard setters. In addition, the convergence of accounting standards will change the approach for international accounting harmonization to CPA and CFO, it affects the quality of international accounting quality standards and the effort made toward GAAP and IFRS convergence
Memo Shiyao Liu 15320 Bragaw Hall Raleigh, NC 27607 sliu31@ncsu.edu (919) 412-8471 To: Students Interested in Employment Opportunities in Accounting From: Shiyao Liu, Accounting Student, NCSU Subject: Employment Opportunities; Price Waterhouse (PwC) and Bank of China (BOC) Date: 1/15/18 Xc: Julia Helo Gonzalez, Professor, English 332-602 Attch: References; Questionnaires; Honor Pledge I will graduate from North Carolina State University in December 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in Managerial Accounting. Like other students who will graduate soon and want to find a job after graduation, I would like to find a job that is related to my major---accounting, and the desired location of working is in New York.