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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
DEDICATED TO
Copyright
From the Authors
About the Authors
New to This Edition
Proven Pedagogical Framework
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1: Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards
Global Markets
Objective of Financial Reporting
Standard-Setting Organizations
Financial Reporting Challenges
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 2: Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting
Conceptual Framework
Fundamental Concepts
Assumptions
Measurement, Recognition, and Disclosure Concepts
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 3: The Accounting Information System
Accounting Information System
Record and Summarize Basic Transactions
Identify and Prepare Adjusting Entries
Preparing Financial Statements
Financial Statements for a Merchandising Company
APPENDIX 3A: Cash-Basis Accounting versus Accrual
Basis Accounting
Conversion from Cash Basis to Accrual Basis
Theoretical Weaknesses of the Cash Basis
APPENDIX 3B: Using Reversing Entries
Illustration of Reversing Entries—Accruals
Illustration of Reversing Entries—Deferrals
Summary of Reversing Entries
APPENDIX 3C: Using a Worksheet: The Accounting Cycle
Revisited
Worksheet Columns
Preparing Financial Statements from a Worksheet
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 4: Income Statement and Related Information
Income Statement
Content and Format of the Income Statement
Reporting Various Income Items
Accounting Changes and Errors
Related Equity Statements
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 5: Statement of Financial Position and Statement of
Cash Flows
Statement of Financial Position
Preparation of the Statement of Financial Position
Statement of Cash Flows
Additional Information
APPENDIX 5A: Ratio Analysis—A Reference
Using Ratios to Analyze Performance
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 6: Accounting and the Time Value of Money
Basic Time Value Concepts
Single-Sum Problems
Annuities (Future Value)
Annuities (Present Value)
Other Time Value of Money Issues
Review and Practice
CHAPTER 7: Cash and Receivables
Cash
Receivables
Valuation of Accounts Receivable
Notes Receivable
Other Issues Related to Receivables
APPENDIX 7A: Cash Controls
Using Bank Accounts
The Imprest Petty Cash System
Physical Protection of Cash Balances
Reconciliation of Bank Balances
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 8: Valuation of Inventories: A Cost-Basis Approach
Inventory Issues
Goods and Costs Included in Inventory
Which Cost Flow Assumption to Adopt?
Effect of Inventory Errors
APPENDIX 8A: LIFO Cost Flow Assumption
Last-In, First-Out (LIFO)
Inventory Valuation Methods—Summary Analysis
Review and Practice
CHAPTER 9: Inventories: Additional Valuation Issues
Lower-of-Cost-or-Net Realizable Value (LCNRV)
Valuation Bases
The Gross Profit Method of Estimating Inventory
Retail Inventory Method
Presentation and Analysis
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 10: Acquisition and Disposition of Property, Plant,
and Equipment
Property, Plant, and Equipment
Borrowing Costs During Construction
Valuation of Property, Plant, and Equipment
Costs Subsequent to Acquisition
Disposition of Property, Plant, and Equipment
Review and Practice
CHAPTER 11: Depreciation, Impairments, and Depletion
Depreciation—A Method of Cost Allocation
Other Depreciation Issues
Impairments
Depletion
Revaluations
Presentation and Analysis
APPENDIX 11A: Revaluation of Property, Plant, and
Equipment
Revaluation of Land
Revaluation of Depreciable Assets
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 12: Intangible Assets
Intangible Asset Issues
Types of Intangible Assets
Goodwill
Impairment and Presentation of Intangible Assets
Research and Development Costs
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 13: Current Liabilities, Provisions, and
Contingencies
Current Liabilities
Provisions
Contingencies
Presentation and Analysis
Review and Practice
CHAPTER 14: Non-Current Liabilities
Bonds Payable
Long-Term Notes Payable
Extinguishment of Non-Current Liabilities
Presentation and Analysis
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 15: Equity
Corporate Capital
Reacquisition of Shares
Dividend Policy
Presentation and Analysis of Equity
APPENDIX 15A: Dividend Preferences and Book Value per
Share
Dividend Preferences
Book Value per Share
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 16: Dilutive Securities and Earnings per Share
Dilutive Securities
Share Warrants
Share Compensation Plans
Basic Earnings per Share
Diluted Earnings per Share
APPENDIX 16A: Accounting for Share-Appreciation Rights
SARs—Share-Based Equity Awards
SARs—Share-Based Liability Awards
Share-Appreciation Rights Example
APPENDIX 16B: Comprehensive Earnings per Share
Example
Diluted Earnings Per Share
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 17: Investments
Debt Investments
Equity Investments
Other Reporting Issues
APPENDIX 17A: Accounting for Derivative Instruments
Defining Derivatives
Who Uses Derivatives, and Why?
Basic Principles in Accounting for Derivatives
Derivatives Used for Hedging
Other Reporting Issues
Comprehensive Hedge Accounting Example
Controversy and Concluding Remarks
APPENDIX 17B: Fair Value Disclosures
Disclosure of Fair Value Information: Financial
Instruments
Disclosure of Fair Values: Impaired Assets or
Liabilities
Conclusion
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 18: Revenue Recognition
Fundamentals of Revenue Recognition
The Five-Step Process Revisited
Accounting for Revenue Recognition Issues
Presentation and Disclosure
APPENDIX 18A: Long-Term Construction Contracts
Revenue Recognition over Time
APPENDIX 18B: Revenue Recognition for Franchises
Franchise Accounting
Recognition of Franchise Rights Revenue over Time
Review and Practice
CHAPTER 19: Accounting for Income Taxes
Fundamentals of Accounting for Income Taxes
Additional Issues
Accounting for Net Operating Losses
Financial Statement Presentation
APPENDIX 19A: Comprehensive Example of Interperiod
Tax Allocation
First Year—2021
Second Year—2022
APPENDIX 19B: Accounting for Net Operating Loss
Carrybacks
Loss Carryback
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 20: Accounting for Pensions and Postretirement
Benefits
Fundamentals of Pension Plan Accounting
Using a Pension Worksheet
Past Service Cost
Remeasurements
Reporting Pension Plans in Financial Statements
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 21: Accounting for Leases
The Leasing Environment
Lessee Accounting
Lessor Accounting
Special Lease Accounting Problems
Appendix 21A: Sale-Leasebacks
Accounting Issues in Sale-Leaseback Transactions
Sale-Leaseback Example
Appendix 21B: Comprehensive Example
Lease Terms: Scenario 1
Lease Terms: Scenario 2
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 22: Accounting Changes and Error Analysis
Accounting Changes
Changes in Accounting Estimates
Accounting Errors
Error Analysis
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 23: Statement of Cash Flows
The Statement of Cash Flows
Preparing the Statement of Cash Flows
Special Problems in Statement Preparation
Use of a Worksheet
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
CHAPTER 24: Presentation and Disclosure in Financial
Reporting
Full Disclosure Principle
Disclosure Issues
Auditor’s and Management’s Reports
Current Reporting Issues
Appendix 24A: Basic Financial Statement Analysis
Perspective on Financial Statement Analysis
Ratio Analysis
Comparative Analysis
Percentage (Common-Size) Analysis
Appendix 24B: First-Time Adoption of IFRS
General Guidelines
Implementation Steps
Summary
Review and Practice
Global Accounting Insights
Appendix A: Specimen Financial Statements: Marks and
Spencer Group plc
Appendix B: Specimen Financial Statements: adidas AG
Appendix C: Specimen Financial Statements: Puma Group
Company Index
Subject Index
End User License Agreement
List of Tables
CHAPTER 6
Table 6.1 Future Value of 1 (Future Value of a Single
Sum)
Table 6.2 Present Value of 1 (Present Value of a Single
Sum)
Table 6.3 Future Value of an Ordinary Annuity of 1
Table 6.4 Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity of 1
Table 6.5 Present Value of an Annuity Due of 1
List of Illustrations
CHAPTER 1
ILLUSTRATION 1.3 Capital Allocation Process
ILLUSTRATION 1.4 International Standard-Setting
Structure
ILLUSTRATION 1.5 IASB Due Process
ILLUSTRATION 1.6 User Groups that Influence the
Formulation of Accounting Standards
CHAPTER 2
ILLUSTRATION 2.1 Conceptual Framework for
Financial Reporting
ILLUSTRATION 2.2 Hierarchy of Accounting Qualities
ILLUSTRATION 2.4 Fair Value Hierarchy
ILLUSTRATION 2.5 The Five Steps of Revenue
Recognition
ILLUSTRATION 2.7 Conceptual Framework for
Financial Reporting
CHAPTER 3
ILLUSTRATION 3.1 Double-Entry (Debit and Credit)
Accounting System
ILLUSTRATION 3.2 The Basic Accounting Equation
ILLUSTRATION 3.3 Expanded Equation and
Debit/Credit Rules and Effects
ILLUSTRATION 3.4 Income Statement and Equity
Relationships
ILLUSTRATION 3.5 Effects of Transactions on Equity
Accounts
ILLUSTRATION 3.6 The Accounting Cycle
ILLUSTRATION 3.8 Posting a Journal Entry
ILLUSTRATION 3.10 Investment of Cash by
Shareholders
ILLUSTRATION 3.11 Purchase of Office Equipment
ILLUSTRATION 3.12 Receipt of Cash for Future Service
ILLUSTRATION 3.13 Payment of Monthly Rent
ILLUSTRATION 3.14 Payment for Insurance
ILLUSTRATION 3.15 Purchase of Supplies on Credit
ILLUSTRATION 3.16 Signing a Contract
ILLUSTRATION 3.17 Declaration and Payment of
Dividend
ILLUSTRATION 3.18 Payment of Salaries
ILLUSTRATION 3.19 Receipt of Cash for Services
Provided
ILLUSTRATION 3.22 Adjusting Entries for Deferrals
ILLUSTRATION 3.23 Adjustment for Supplies
ILLUSTRATION 3.24 Adjustment for Insurance
ILLUSTRATION 3.25 Adjustment for Depreciation
ILLUSTRATION 3.27 Adjustment for Unearned Service
Revenue
ILLUSTRATION 3.28 Adjusting Entries for Accruals
ILLUSTRATION 3.29 Accrual Adjustment for
Receivable and Revenue Accounts
ILLUSTRATION 3.30 Formula for Computing Interest
for One Month
ILLUSTRATION 3.31 Adjustment for Interest
ILLUSTRATION 3.32 Accrued Salaries and Wages
ILLUSTRATION 3.33 Adjustment for Salaries and
Wages Expense
ILLUSTRATION 3.34 Adjustment for Bad Debt
ILLUSTRATION 3.36 Preparation of the Income
Statement and Retained Earnings Statement from the
Adj…
ILLUSTRATION 3.37 Preparation of the Statement of
Financial Position from the Adjusted Trial Balan…
ILLUSTRATION 3.39 Posting of Closing Entries
ILLUSTRATION 3A.12 Conversion of Statement of Cash
Receipts and Disbursements to Income Statement
ILLUSTRATION 3C.1 Use of a Worksheet
CHAPTER 4
ILLUSTRATION 4.7 Number of Unusual Items
Reported in a Recent Year by 500 Large Companies
CHAPTER 5
ILLUSTRATION 5.19 Cash Inflows and Outflows
CHAPTER 6
ILLUSTRATION 6.1 Simple vs. Compound Interest
ILLUSTRATION 6.6 Basic Time Diagram
ILLUSTRATION 6.13 Time Diagram to Solve for
Unknown Number of Pe…
ILLUSTRATION 6.15 Time Diagram to Solve for
Unknown Interest Rate
ILLUSTRATION 6.17 Solving for the Future Value of an
Ordinary Annuity
ILLUSTRATION 6.21 Comparison of the Future Value
of an Ordinary Annuity with an Annuity Due
ILLUSTRATION 6.22 Annuity Due Time Diagram
ILLUSTRATION 6.24 Future Value of Ordinary Annuity
Time Diagram (n = 10, i = 4%)
ILLUSTRATION 6.25 Future Value of Ordinary Annuity
Time Diagram, to Solve for Unknown Number of Pe…
ILLUSTRATION 6.26 Future Value Annuity Due Time
Diagram (n = 30, i = 9%)
ILLUSTRATION 6.28 Solving for the Present Value of
an Ordinary Annuity
ILLUSTRATION 6.31 Comparison of Present Value of
an Ordinary Annuity with an Annuity Due
ILLUSTRATION 6.33 Time Diagram to Solve for Present
Value of Lottery Payments
ILLUSTRATION 6.34 Time Diagram to Solve for
Effective-Interest Rate on Loan
ILLUSTRATION 6.35 Time Diagram for Ordinary
Annuity for a College Fund
ILLUSTRATION 6.37 Time Diagram for Present Value
of Deferred Annuity
ILLUSTRATION 6.39 Time Diagram for Present Value
of Deferred Annuity (Two-Step Process)
CHAPTER 7
ILLUSTRATION 7.4 Entries under Gross and Net
Methods of Recording Cash (Sales) Discounts
ILLUSTRATION 7.7 Time Diagram for Note Issued at
Face Value
ILLUSTRATION 7.9 Time Diagram for Zero-Interest
Bearing Note
ILLUSTRATION 7.11 Time Diagram for Interest-Bearing
Note
ILLUSTRATION 7.14 Basic Procedures in Factoring
ILLUSTRATION 7.17 Entries for Transfer of Receivables
—Secured Borrowing
ILLUSTRATION 7.18 Accounting for Transfers of
Receivables
ILLUSTRATION 7.19 Disclosure of Receivables
CHAPTER 8
ILLUSTRATION 8.2 Flow of Costs through
Manufacturing and Merchandising Companies
ILLUSTRATION 8.3 Inventory Cost Flow
ILLUSTRATION 8.4 Comparative Entries—Perpetual vs.
Periodic
ILLUSTRATION 8.6 Entries under Gross and Net
Methods
ILLUSTRATION 8.11 FIFO Method—Perpetual
Inventory
ILLUSTRATION 8.15 Effect of Ending Inventory Error
on Two Period
ILLUSTRATION 8A.2 LIFO Method—Perpetual
Inventory
CHAPTER 9
ILLUSTRATION 9.5 Accounting for the Reduction of
Inventory to Net Realizable Value—Perpetual Inve…
ILLUSTRATION 9.16 Application of Gross Profit
Formulas
ILLUSTRATION 9.21 Comprehensive Conventional
Retail Inventory Method Format
ILLUSTRATION 9.22 Conventional Retail Inventory
Method—Special Items Included
ILLUSTRATION 9.23 Disclosure of Inventory Methods
CHAPTER 10
ILLUSTRATION 10.1 Capitalization of Borrowing Costs
ILLUSTRATION 10.8 Accounting for Exchanges CHAPTER
11
ILLUSTRATION 11.11 Calculation of Partial-Period
Depreciation, Two Methods
ILLUSTRATION 11.15 Impairment Test
ILLUSTRATION 11.18 Graphic of Accounting for
Impairments
ILLUSTRATION GAAP 11.1 U.S. GAAP Impairment
Measurement
CHAPTER 12
ILLUSTRATION 12.1 Research and Development Stages
ILLUSTRATION 12.6 Determination of Goodwill—
Master Valuation Approach
ILLUSTRATION 12.12 Nestlé’s Intangible Asset
Disclosures
ILLUSTRATION 12.14 Research Activities versus
Development Activities
CHAPTER 13
ILLUSTRATION 13.4 Summary of Payroll Liabilities
CHAPTER 14
ILLUSTRATION 14.1 Time Diagram for Bonds Issued at
Par
ILLUSTRATION 14.3 Time Diagram for Bonds Issued at
a Discount
ILLUSTRATION 14.5 Bond Discount and Premium
Amortization Computation
ILLUSTRATION 14.14 Time Diagram for Zero-Interest
Note
ILLUSTRATION 14.18 Time Diagram for Interest
Bearing Note
CHAPTER 15
ILLUSTRATION 15.3 Issuance of Shares for Patent
ILLUSTRATION 15.4 Share Issuances/Buybacks 2004–
2018
ILLUSTRATION 15.10 Cash Dividend Entries
CHAPTER 16
ILLUSTRATION 16.1 Convertible Debt Components
ILLUSTRATION 16.2 Time Diagram for Convertible
Bond
ILLUSTRATION 16.10 Compensation Elements
ILLUSTRATION 16.11 Share-Option Plan Disclosure
ILLUSTRATION 16.23 Relation between Basic and
Diluted EPS
ILLUSTRATION 16.32 Reconciliation for Basic and
Diluted EPS
ILLUSTRATION 16.33 Calculating EPS, Simple Capital
Structure
ILLUSTRATION 16.34 Calculating EPS, Complex
Capital Structure
CHAPTER 17
ILLUSTRATION 17.20 Comparison of Fair Value and
Equity Method
ILLUSTRATION 17.24 HFCS Impairment Entries
ILLUSTRATION 17.26 Impairment Entries—Increase in
Credit Risk
ILLUSTRATION 17A.7 Effect of Hedge on Cash Flows
ILLUSTRATION 17A.9 Swap Transaction
ILLUSTRATION 17A.10 Interest Rate Swap
ILLUSTRATION 17A.13 Impact on Financial Statements
of Fair Value Hedge
CHAPTER 18
ILLUSTRATION 18.1 Key Concepts of Revenue
Recognition
ILLUSTRATION 18.2 Five Steps of Revenue
Recognition
ILLUSTRATION 18B.2 Franchise Entries—Inception
and Commencement of Operations
ILLUSTRATION 18B.3 Franchise Entries—First Year of
Franchise Operations
ILLUSTRATION 18B.5 Franchise Entries—Revenue
Recognized over Time
CHAPTER 19
ILLUSTRATION 19.1 Fundamental Differences Between
Financial and Tax Reporting
ILLUSTRATION 19.6 Reversal of Temporary Difference,
Chelsea Inc.
ILLUSTRATION 19.17 Reversal of Temporary
Difference, Cunningham Inc.
ILLUSTRATION 19.18 IFRS and Tax Reporting,
Hunt Company
ILLUSTRATION 19.29 Examples of Temporary
Differences
ILLUSTRATION 19.30 Tax Effects of Originating and
Reversing Differences
ILLUSTRATION 19.31 Examples of Permanent
Differences
ILLUSTRATION 19.36 Loss Carryforward Procedure
ILLUSTRATION 19.42 Possible Sources of Taxable
Income
ILLUSTRATION 19.48 Basic Principles of the Asset
Liability Method
ILLUSTRATION 19.49 Procedures for Computing and
Reporting Deferred Income Taxes
ILLUSTRATION 19A.13 Schedule of Future Taxable and
Deductible Amounts, End of 2022
ILLUSTRATION 19B.1 Loss Carryback Procedure
CHAPTER 20
ILLUSTRATION 20.1 Flow of Cash Among Pension Plan
Participants
ILLUSTRATION 20.3 Different Measures of the
Pension Obligation
ILLUSTRATION 20.5 Reporting Changes in the Pension
Obligation (Assets)
ILLUSTRATION 20.9 Basic Format of Pension
Worksheet
ILLUSTRATION 20.10 Pension Worksheet—2022
ILLUSTRATION 20.13 Pension Worksheet—2023
ILLUSTRATION 20.16 Pension Worksheet—2024
ILLUSTRATION 20.19 Partial Pension Worksheet—
2025
CHAPTER 21
ILLUSTRATION 21.12 Journal Entries—Guaranteed
Residual Value
ILLUSTRATION 21.13 Final Payments—Guaranteed and
Unguaranteed Residual Value
ILLUSTRATION 21.15 Journal Entries by Lessee
ILLUSTRATION 21.18 Lessor Classification Tests
ILLUSTRATION 21.28 Entries for Guaranteed and
Unguaranteed Residual Values—Sales-Type Lease
ILLUSTRATION 21.39 Disclosure of Leases by Lessee
ILLUSTRATION 21.41 Disclosure of Leases by Lessor
ILLUSTRATION 21A.1 Sale-Leaseback
ILLUSTRATION 21A.2 Sale-Leaseback Accounting
ILLUSTRATION 21A.4 Comparative Entries for Sale
Leaseback for Lessee and Lessor
ILLUSTRATION 21B.4 Lessee/Lessor Entries for
Finance/Sales-Type Lease
ILLUSTRATION 21B.8 Lessee Entries for Finance Lease
ILLUSTRATION 21B.9 Lessor Entries for Operating
Lease
ILLUSTRATION GAAP21.5 Lessee Operating Lease
Entries
CHAPTER 22
ILLUSTRATION 22.10 Comparative Information
Related to Accounting Change (FIFO)
ILLUSTRATION 22.21 Summary of Guidelines for
Accounting Changes and Errors
ILLUSTRATION 22.29 Worksheet to Correct Income
and Statement of Financial Position Errors
ILLUSTRATION 22.30 Worksheet to Analyze Effect of
Errors in Financial Statements
CHAPTER 23
ILLUSTRATION 23.1 Classification of Typical Cash
Inflows and Outflows
ILLUSTRATION 23.5 Net Income versus Net Cash Flow
from Operating Activities
ILLUSTRATION 23.17 Adjustments Needed to
Determine Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities—
Indirect…
ILLUSTRATION 23.21 Major Classes of Cash Receipts
and Payments
ILLUSTRATION 23.38 Format of Worksheet for
Preparation of Statement of Cash Flows
ILLUSTRATION 23.39 Comparative Statement of
Financial Position, Satellite Ltd.
ILLUSTRATION 23.41 Completed Worksheet for
Preparation of Statement of Cash Flows, Satellite Ltd.
CHAPTER 24
ILLUSTRATION 24.1 Types of Financial Information
ILLUSTRATION 24.4 Time Periods for Subsequent
Events
ILLUSTRATION 24.20 Types of Economic Crime
ILLUSTRATION 24B.1 First-Time Adoption Timeline
From the Authors
Globalization is occurring rapidly. As economic and other interactions
increase among countries, capital markets must provide high-quality
financial information. A need exists for high-quality financial reporting
standards that meet this objective. Fortunately, International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has broad international
acceptance and is being used in some form by more than 115 countries
around the world. One securities regulator noted that IFRS is best
positioned to serve as the single set of high-quality accounting
standards.
Don Kieso
DONALD E. KIESO, PhD, CPA, received his bachelor’s degree
from Aurora University and his doctorate in accounting from the
University of Illinois. He has served as chairman of the Department
of Accountancy and is currently the KPMG Emeritus Professor of
Accountancy at Northern Illinois University. He has public
accounting experience with Price Waterhouse & Co. (San Francisco
and Chicago) and Arthur Andersen & Co. (Chicago) and research
experience with the Research Division of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants (New York). He has done post
doctorate work as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California at
Berkeley and is a recipient of NIU’s Teaching Excellence Award and
four Golden Apple Teaching Awards. Professor Kieso is the author of
other accounting and business books and is a member of the
American Accounting Association, the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, and the Illinois CPA Society. He has
served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois CPA
Society, then AACSB’s Accounting Accreditation Committees, the
State of Illinois Comptroller’s Commission, as Secretary-Treasurer of
the Federation of Schools of Accountancy, and as Secretary Treasurer
of the American Accounting Association. Professor Kieso is currently
serving on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of Aurora
University, as a member of the Board of Directors of Kishwaukee
Community Hospital, and as Treasurer and Director of Valley West
Community Hospital. From 1989 to 1993, he served as a charter
member of the National Accounting Education Change Commission.
He is the recipient of the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award
from the Illinois CPA Society, the FSA’s Joseph A. Silvoso Award of
Merit, the NIU Foundation’s Humanitarian Award for Service to
Higher Education, a Distinguished Service Award from the Illinois
CPA Society, and in 2003 an honorary doctorate from Aurora
University.
Jerry Weygandt
JERRY J. WEYGANDT, PhD, CPA, is the Arthur Andersen
Alumni Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of
Wisconsin—Madison. He holds a Ph.D. in accounting from the
University of Illinois. Articles by Professor Weygandt have appeared
in the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research,
Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accountancy, and other academic
and professional journals. These articles have examined such
financial reporting issues as accounting for price-level adjustments,
pensions, convertible securities, stock option contracts, and interim
reports. Professor Weygandt is the author of other accounting and
financial reporting books and is a member of the American
Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, and the Wisconsin Society of Certified Public
Accountants. He has served on numerous committees of the
American Accounting Association and as a member of the editorial
board of the Accounting Review; he also has served as President and
Secretary-Treasurer of the American Accounting Association. In
addition, he has been actively involved with the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and has been a member of the
Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC) of that
organization. He has served on the FASB task force that examined the
reporting issues related to accounting for income taxes and served as
a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation. Professor
Weygandt has received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in
Teaching and the Beta Gamma Sigma Dean’s Teaching Award. He is
on the board of directors of M & I Bank of Southern Wisconsin. He is
the recipient of the Wisconsin Institute of CPA’s Outstanding
Educator’s Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001, he
received the American Accounting Association’s Outstanding
Educator Award.
Terry Warfield
TERRY D. WARFIELD, PhD, is the PwC Professor in Accounting
at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. He received a B.S. and
M.B.A. from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in accounting from the
University of Iowa. Professor Warfield’s area of expertise is financial
reporting, and prior to his academic career, he worked for five years
in the banking industry. He served as the Academic Accounting
Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. from 1995–1996.
Professor Warfield’s primary research interests concern financial
accounting standards and disclosure policies. He has published
scholarly articles in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting
and Economics, Research in Accounting Regulation, and Accounting
Horizons, and he has served on the editorial boards of The
Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, and Issues in Accounting
Education. He has served as president of the Financial Accounting
and Reporting Section, the Financial Accounting Standards
Committee of the American Accounting Association (Chair 1995–
1996), and on the AAA-FASB Research Conference Committee. He
also served on the Financial Accounting Standards
Advisory Council of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and
as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation. Professor
Warfield has received teaching awards at both the University of Iowa
and the University of Wisconsin, and he was named to the Teaching
Academy at the University of Wisconsin in 1995. Professor Warfield
has developed and published several case studies based on his
research for use in accounting classes. These cases have been
selected for the AICPA Professor-Practitioner Case Development
Program and have been published in Issues in Accounting
Education.
New to This Edition
CHAPTER 1
Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Some companies also report benefits from being able to use IFRS in their
internal reporting. This improves their ability to compare operating units
in different jurisdictions by reducing the number of different reporting
systems. In Japan, where use of IFRS has been voluntary since 2010,
business efficiency, enhanced comparability, and better communications
with international investors have been identified as the main reasons why
many Japanese companies made the choice to adopt IFRS (Japanese
Financial Services Agency). Thus, the international financial reporting
environment has and is continuing to evolve. With these changes, it is
hoped that a more effective system of reporting will develop, which will
benefit all.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1
Describe the global financial markets and their relation to financial
reporting.
High-Quality Standards
To facilitate efficient capital allocation, investors need relevant
information and a faithful representation of that information to enable
them to make comparisons across borders. For example, assume that you
were interested in investing in the telecommunications industry. Four of
the largest telecommunications companies in the world are Nippon
Telegraph and Telephone (JPN), Deutsche Telekom (DEU),
Telefonica (ESP and PRT), and AT&T (USA). How do you decide in
which of these telecommunications companies to invest, if any? How do
you compare, for example, a Japanese company like Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone with a German company like Deutsche Telekom?
A single, widely accepted set of high-quality accounting standards is a
necessity to ensure adequate comparability. Investors are able to make
better investment decisions if they receive financial information from
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone that is comparable to information
from Deutsche Telekom. Globalization demands a single set of high
quality international accounting standards. But how is this to be
achieved? Here are some elements:
1. Single set of high-quality accounting standards established by a
single standard-setting body.
2. Consistency in application and interpretation.
3. Common disclosures.
4. Common high-quality auditing standards and practices. 5.
Common approach to regulatory review and enforcement. 6.
Education and training of market participants.
7. Common delivery systems (e.g., eXtensible Business Reporting
Language—XBRL).
8. Common approach to company governance and legal frameworks
around the world.1
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2
Explain the objective of financial reporting.
Entity Perspective
As part of the objective of general-purpose financial reporting, an entity
perspective is adopted. Companies are viewed as separate and distinct
from their owners (present shareholders) using this perspective. The
assets of Nestlé are viewed as assets of the company and not of a specific
creditor or shareholder. Rather, these investors have claims on Nestlé’s
assets in the form of liability or equity claims. The entity perspective is
consistent with the present business environment, where most companies
engaged in financial reporting have substance distinct from their investors
(both shareholders and creditors). Thus, the perspective that financial
reporting should be focused only on the needs of shareholders—often
referred to as the proprietary perspective—is not considered
appropriate.
Decision-Usefulness
Investors are interested in financial reporting because it provides
information that is useful for making decisions (referred to as the
decision-usefulness approach). As indicated earlier, when making
these decisions, investors are interested in assessing (1) the company’s
ability to generate net cash inflows and (2) management’s ability to
protect and enhance the capital providers’ investments. Financial
reporting should therefore help investors assess the amounts, timing,
and uncertainty of prospective cash inflows from dividends or interest,
and the proceeds from the sale, redemption, or maturity of securities or
loans. In order for investors to make these assessments, the economic
resources of an enterprise, the claims to those resources, and the changes
in them must be understood. Financial statements and related
explanations should be a primary source for determining this
information.
The emphasis on “assessing cash flow prospects” does not mean that the
cash basis is preferred over the accrual basis of accounting. Information
based on accrual accounting generally indicates more accurately a
company’s present and continuing ability to generate favorable cash flows
than does information limited to the financial effects of cash receipts and
payments.
Recall from your first accounting course the objective of accrual-basis
accounting: it ensures that a company records events that change its
financial statements in the periods in which the events occur, rather than
only in the periods in which it receives or pays cash. Using the accrual
basis to determine net income means that a company recognizes revenues
when it provides the goods or performs the services (that is, satisfies its
performance obligation) rather than when it receives cash. Similarly, it
recognizes expenses when it incurs them rather than when it pays them.
Under accrual accounting, a company generally recognizes revenues when
it makes sales or performs services. The company can then relate the
revenues to the economic environment of the period in which they
occurred. Over the long run, trends in revenues and expenses are
generally more meaningful than trends in cash receipts and
disbursements.2
Standard-Setting Organizations
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 3
Identify the major policy-setting bodies and their role in the
standard-setting process.
For many years, many nations have relied on their own standard-setting
organizations. For example, Canada has the Accounting Standards Board,
Japan has the Accounting Standards Board of Japan, Germany has the
German Accounting Standards Committee, and the United States has the
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The standards issued by
these organizations are sometimes principles-based, rules-based, tax-
oriented, or business-based. In other words, they often differ in concept
and objective.
The main international standard-setting organization is based in London,
England, and is called the International Accounting Standards
Board (IASB). The IASB issues International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS), which are used on most foreign exchanges. As
indicated earlier, IFRS is presently used or permitted in over 149
jurisdictions (similar to countries) and is rapidly gaining acceptance in
other jurisdictions as well.
IFRS has the best potential to provide a common platform on which
companies can report, resulting in financial statements investors can use
to compare financial information. As a result, our discussion focuses on
IFRS and the organization involved in developing these standards— the
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The two organizations
that have a role in international standard-setting are the International
Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the IASB.
IOSCO supports the development and use of IFRS as the single set of
high-quality international standards in cross-border offerings and
listings. It recommends that its members allow multinational issuers to
use IFRS in cross-border offerings and listings, as supplemented by
reconciliation, disclosure, and interpretation where necessary to address
outstanding substantive issues at a national or regional level. (For more
information, go to the IOSCO website.)
What Do the Numbers Mean?
What About the Little Guy?
1. Some full-IFRS topics are omitted because they are not relevant
to typical SMEs.
2. Some full-IFRS accounting policy options are not allowed
because a more simplified method is available to SMEs.
3. Many of the full-IFRS recognition and measurement principles
have been simplified.
4. Substantially fewer disclosures are required.
5. The full-IFRS text has been redrafted in “plain English” for
increased understandability and translation.
Due Process
In establishing financial accounting standards, the IASB has a thorough,
open, and transparent due process. The IASB due process has the
following elements: (1) an independent standard-setting board overseen
by a geographically and professionally diverse body of trustees; (2) a
thorough and systematic process for developing standards; (3)
engagement with investors, regulators, business leaders, and the global
accountancy profession at every stage of the process; and (4) collaborative
efforts with the worldwide standard-setting community.
To implement its due process, the IASB follows specific steps to develop a
typical IFRS, as Illustration 1.5 shows.
With these characteristics, the IASB and its members will be insulated
as much as possible from the political process, favored industries, and
national or cultural bias.
Types of Pronouncements
The IASB issues three major types of pronouncements:
Hierarchy of IFRS
Because it is a private organization, the IASB has no regulatory mandate
and therefore no enforcement mechanism. As a result, the Board relies on
other regulators to enforce the use of its standards. For example, the
European Union requires publicly traded member country companies to
use IFRS.
Any company indicating that it is preparing its financial statements in
conformity with IFRS must use all of the standards and interpretations.
The following hierarchy is used to determine what recognition,
valuation, and disclosure requirements should be used. Companies first
look to:
Much is right about international financial reporting. One reason for this
success is that financial statements and related disclosures capture and
organize financial information in a useful and reliable fashion. However,
much still needs to be done. Here are some of the major challenges.