Chapter 24: Question 1IFRS (page 1467)
Where can authoritative IFRS be found related to the various disclosure issues discussed in the chapter?
IAS 1, IAS 24, IAS 10, IFRS 8, and IAS 34 are discussed in the chapter.
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What is a performance obligation, and how is it used to determine when revenue should be recognized?
(Disclosure of Estimates) Nancy Tercek, the financial vice president, and Margaret Lilly, the controller, of Romine Manufacturing Company are reviewing the financial ratios of the company for the years 2017 and 2018. The financial vice president notes that the profit margin on sales ratio has increased from 6% to 12%, a hefty gain for the 2-year period. Tercek is in the process of issuing a media release that emphasizes the efficiency of Romine Manufacturing in controlling cost. Margaret Lilly knows that the difference in ratios is due primarily to an earlier company decision to reduce the estimates of warranty and bad debt expense for 2018. The controller, not sure of her supervisor’s motives, hesitates to suggest to Tercek that the company’s improvement is unrelated to efficiency in controlling cost. To complicate matters, the media release is scheduled in a few days.
Instructions
Madrasah Corporation issued its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, on March 10, 2018. The following events took place early in 2018.
Instructions
Discuss how the preceding post-balance-sheet events should be reflected in the 2017 financial statements.
Edna Millay Inc. is a manufacturer of electronic components and accessories with total assets of $20,000,000. Selected financial ratios for Millay and the industry averages for firms of similar size are presented below.
Edna Millay | 2017 Industry | |||
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Averages | |
Current ratio | 2.09 | 2.27 | 2.51 | 2.24 |
Quick ratio | 1.15 | 1.12 | 1.19 | 1.22 |
Inventory turnover | 2.40 | 2.18 | 2.02 | 3.50 |
Net sales to stockholders’ equity | 2.71 | 2.80 | 2.99 | 2.85 |
Return on common stockholders’ equity | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.11 |
Total liabilities to stockholders’ equity | 1.41 | 1.37 | 1.44 | 0.95 |
Millay is being reviewed by several entities whose interests vary, and the company’s financial ratios are a part of the data being considered. Each of the parties listed below must recommend an action based on its evaluation of Millay’s financial position.
Archibald MacLeish Bank. The bank is processing Millay’s application for a new 5-year term note. Archibald MacLeish has been Millay’s banker for several years but must reevaluate the company’s financial position for each major transaction.
Robert Penn Warren. A brokerage firm specializing in the stock of electronics firms that are sold over-the-counter, Robert Penn Warren must decide if it will include Millay in a new fund being established for sale to Robert Penn Warren’s clients.
Working Capital Management Committee. This is a committee of Millay’s management personnel chaired by the chief operating officer. The committee is charged with the responsibility of periodically reviewing the company’s working capital position, comparing actual data against budgets, and recommending changes in strategy as needed.
Instructions
b) For each of the four entities, identify two financial ratios, from the ratios presented above that would be most valuable as a basis for its decision regarding Millay.
Interim reporting under IFRS:
(a) is prepared using the discrete approach.
(b) is prepared using a combination of the discrete and integral approach.
(c) requires a complete set of financial statements for each interim period.
(d) permits companies to omit disclosure of material events subsequent to the interim reporting date.
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