This is not a question but information that may be useful fo…
This is not a question but information that may be useful for you in the exam A/R: recognizing bad debt expense decreases income and assets. Write offs affect only Gross A/R & allowance for bad debts. Allowance for bad debts increases each period by bad debt expense and decreases by write offs. Inventory Equations: LIFO Reserve = Inventory FIFO – Inventory LIFO; Change in Reserve = COGS LIFO – COGS FIFO. Reserve is a balance sheet concept, change in reserve is I/S concept. Reserve and change in reserve reflect input price changes and tax savings or losses. Depreciation: SL formula = (Cost – salvage value) / life; DDB formula = beginning book value of asset X double the SL rate; SYD formula = (Cost – Salvage value)/ Total units X actual units used Impairment: 2 step process: if BV > Future cash flows, then yes. Value of impairment is difference between Fair value and book value. Goodwill: Excess of purchase price over fair value of net assets Treasury stock: shown as subtraction from equity; reduces #shares; any gains/losses on reissue are taken to additional paid in capital Stock dividends: transfer from retained earnings to common stock; if small dividend at market value Stock splits: reduce par value and increase #shares Cash flow – indirect method equation: Net Income + Depreciation expense + change in current liabilities – change in current assets – change in non current assets (original cost) + change in non current liabilities + change in common stock – dividends Cash collections from customers: calculate from A/R; Cash payments from suppliers: calculate from A/P and inventories
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