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FOREWORD
MODULE 2
Introduction
Accounting Standards are authoritative statements of how particular types of
transaction and other events should be reflected in financial statements. Accordingly,
compliance with accounting standards will normally be necessary for the fair
presentation of financial statements.
Accounting standards issued by the Accounting Standards Council (ASC) were
renamed to correspond better with the issuances of the IASC and IASB. Philippine
Accounting Standards (PASs) correspond to the adopted International Accounting
Standards (IASs). Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRSs) correspond to the
adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). SFASs and SFASs/IASs
not superseded by revised IASs and new IFRSs will be re-issued as PASs. Previously,
standards issued by the ASC were designated as SFASs.
Objective of PAS 1
PAS 1 prescribes the basis for presentation of general purpose financial statements to
improve comparability both with the entity's financial statements of previous periods
(intra-comparability) and with the financial statements of other entities (inter-
comparability).
Read:
http://www.picpa.com.ph/frsc.html?article=Philippine%20Financial%20Reporting%20Standards&page
=FRSC&main_menu=PFRSs
*When an entity changes the end of its reporting period and presents financial
statements for a period longer or shorter than one year, an entity shall disclose
the following:
a. The period covered by the financial statements,
b. The reason for using a longer or shorter period, and
c. The fact that amounts presented in the financial statements are not entirely
comparable.
**unless:
Current Assets
An entity shall classify an asset as current when:
Extraordinary items
PAS 1 prohibits the presentation of any items of income or expense as
extraordinary items in the statement(s) presenting profit or loss and other
comprehensive income or in the notes.
Other comprehensive income for the period
Problem 1: Write “true” if the statement is correct. Write “false” if the statement is
wrong. Write your answers below.
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9
5. 10.
Activities
1. Operating activities include transactions that enter into the determination of profit or
loss. These transactions normally affect income statement accounts.
2. Investing activities include transactions that affect long-term assets and other non-
operating assets.
-shows each major class of gross cash -adjusts accrual basis profit or loss for
receipts and gross cash payments the effects of changes in operating
assets and liabilities and effects of non-
cash items
Accounting Policies
Accounting policies are “the specific principles, bases, conventions, rules and practices
applied by an entity in preparing and presenting financial statements.” (PAS 8.5)
Accounting policies are the relevant PFRSs adopted by an entity in preparing and
presenting its financial statements
PFRSs
Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRSs) are Standards and Interpretations
adopted by the Financial Reporting Standards Council (FRSC). They comprise the following:
1. Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRSs);
2. Philippine Accounting Standards (PASs); and
3. Interpretations
3. Change to a new policy resulting from the 3. Change in estimated residual values of
requirement of a new PFRS depreciable assets
5. Initial adoption of the revaluation model for 5. Changes in fair values less cost to sell of non-
property, plant, and equipment and intangible current assets held for sale and biological
assets assets
Errors
Errors include the effects of:
1. Mathematical mistakes
2. Mistakes in applying accounting policies
3. Oversights or misinterpretations of facts; and
4. Fraud
4. Cash flows are presented in the statement of cash flows into four activities.
5. Non-financial institutions have the option of classifying interest income received as
either investing activities or operating activities.
6. Cash flows relating to income and expenses are normally classified as investing
activities in the statement of cash flows.
7. Only transactions that have affected cash and cash equivalents are included in the
statement of cash flows. Non-cash transactions are excluded and disclosed only.
8. According to PAS 7, the indirect method of presenting cash flows relating to operating
activities shows each major class of gross cash receipts and gross cash payments.
1. The settlement after the reporting period of a 1. Changes in fair values, foreign exchange rates,
court case that confirms that the entity has a interest rates or market prices after the
present obligation at the end of reporting period reporting period
2. The receipt of information after the reporting 2. Casualty losses (e.g., fire, storm, or
period indicating that an asset was impaired at earthquake) occurring after the reporting period
the end of reporting period* but before the financial statements were
authorized for issue
3. The determination after the reporting period 3. Litigation arising solely from events occurring
of the cost of asset purchased, or the proceeds after the reporting period
from asset sold, before the end of reporting
period
4. The discovery of fraud or errors that indicate 4. Major ordinary share transactions and
that the financial statements are incorrect potential ordinary share transactions after the
reporting period
* For example:
a. The bankruptcy of a customer that occurs after the reporting period may indicate
that the carrying amount of a trade receivable at the end of reporting period is impaired.
b. The sale of inventories after the reporting period may give evidence to their net
realizable value at the end of reporting period
Disclosures
Read: https://icpa.ph/community/13-lesson-
financial-accounting-and-reporting/182-
income-taxes-pas-12
The varying treatments of economic activities between the PFRSs and tax laws result to
permanent and temporary differences.
Examples
3. Dividend income
*Permanent differences are those that do not have future tax consequences.
**Temporary differences are those that have future tax consequences.
***Taxable temporary differences result to deferred tax liabilities while deductible temporary
differences result to deferred tax assets.
Deferred taxes
If the increase in deferred tax liability exceeds the increase in deferred tax asset, the
difference is deferred tax expense. If it is the opposite, the difference is deferred tax income
or benefit.
A deferred tax asset is recognized only to the extent that it is realizable.
Deferred taxes are measured using enacted or substantially enacted tax rates that are
applicable to the periods of their expected reversals.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not discounted.
Deferred tax asset and liabilities are presented as non-current.
Read:
https://www.iasplus.com/en/standards/ias/ias16
Characteristics of PPE
a. Tangible assets – items of PPE have physical substance
b. Used in normal operations – items of PPE are used in the production or supply of goods
or services, for rental, or for administrative purposes
c. Long-term in nature – items of PPE are expected to be used from more than a year
Examples of items of PPE
a. Land used in business
b. Land held for future plant site
c. Building used in business
d. Equipment used in the production of goods
e. Equipment held for environmental and safety reasons
f. Equipment held for rentals
g. Major spare parts and long-lived stand-by equipment
h. Furniture and fixture
i. Bearer plants
Recognition
The cost of an item of property, plant and equipment shall be recognized as an asset only
if:
a. it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the
entity; and
b. the cost of the item can be measured reliably.
Initial measurement
An item of PPE is initially measured at its cost.
Elements of Cost
1. Purchase price, including non-refundable purchase taxes, after deducting trade discounts
and rebates.
2. Costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary
for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by the management.
3. Present value of decommissioning and restoration costs to the extent that they are
recognized as obligation
Examples of directly attributable costs
a. Costs of employee benefits arising directly from the construction or acquisition of PPE;
b. Costs of site preparation;
c. Initial delivery and handling costs (e.g., freight costs);
d. Installation and assembly costs;
Short Problem.
PAS 10- EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD
Instruction: State whether the following events are adjusting or non-adjusting events after the
reporting period. All events took place after the end of the reporting period but before the
financial statements are authorized for issue. Write your answers below:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
Multiple Choice. MARK FULLY with PENCIL No. 2. the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided. Make the mark DARK but do not use too much pressure.
ERASURES ARE STRICTLY NOT ALLOWED.
1. Accounting has been given various definitions, which of the following is not one of those
definitions?
a. Accounting is a service activity. Its function is to provide quantitative information, primarily
financial in nature, about economic entities that is intended to be useful in making economic
decisions.
b. Accounting is the art of recording, classifying, and summarizing in a significant manner and
in terms of money, transactions and events which are, in part of at least, of a financial
character and interpreting the results thereof.
c. Accounting is a systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating evidence
regarding assertions about economic actions and events to ascertain the degree of
correspondence between these assertions and established criteria and communicating the
results to interested users.
d. Accounting is the process of identifying, measuring, and communicating economic
information to permit informed judgment and decisions by users of information.
3. The accounting standards used in the Philippines are adapted from the standards issued by the
a. Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
b. International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
c. Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA).
d. Democratic People's Republic of Korea Accounting Standards Committee (DPKRASC).
4. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the basic accounting concepts?
a. One of ABC Co.’s delivery trucks was involved in an accident. Although no lawsuits have yet
been filed against ABC, ABC recognized a liability for the probable loss on the event. This is
an application of the prudence or conservatism concept.
b. Under the consistency concept, the financial statements should be prepared on the basis of
accounting principles which are followed consistently.
c. Under the entity theory, the business is viewed as a separate entity. Therefore, the personal
transactions of the business owners are not recorded in the business’ accounting records.
d. The time period concept means that financial statements are prepared only at the end of the
life of a business.
5. Entity A appropriates ₱1M to fund employee benefits for the last quarter of the following year.
Entity A deposits the ₱1M fund in a payroll account. This economic activity is most appropriately
referred to as
a. production. b. savings. c. exchange. d. investment.
6. It is the branch of accounting that focuses on the preparation of general purpose financial
statements.
a. Financial accounting c. All-purpose Accounting
b. General Accounting d. All-around accounting
9. This refers to the use of caution in the exercise of judgments needed in making estimates
required under conditions of uncertainty, such that assets or income are not overstated and
liabilities or expenses are not understated.
a. faithful representation b. prudence c. consistency d. relevance
10. The bottom part of each of Entity A’s financial statements states the following “This statement
should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.” This is most likely an application of
which of the following accounting concepts?
a. articulation b. consistency c. accrual basis d. time period
13. Financial statements are said to be a mixture of fact and opinion. Which of the following items is
factual?
a. cost of goods sold c. retained earnings
b. discount on capital stock d. patent amortization expense
14. This concept defines the area of interest of the accountant. It determines which transactions are
recognized in the books of accounts and which are not.
a. Articulation b. Matching c. Separate entity d. Full disclosure
17. Which of the following statements about the Norwalk Agreement is correct?
a. The Norwalk Agreement requires all domestic companies in the U.S. to prepare financial
statements in accordance with the IFRSs.
18. The process of identifying, measuring, analyzing, and communicating financial information
needed by management to plan, evaluate, and control an organization’s operations is called
a. financial accounting. c. managerial accounting.
b. tax accounting. d. auditing.
20. It is the official accounting standard setting body in the Philippines. It is composed of a
chairperson and 14 members.
a. Financial Reporting Standards Committee (FRSC)
b. Financial Reporting Standards Council (FRSC)
c. Accounting Standards Committee (ASC)
d. Accounting Standards Council (ASC)
23. You are the accountant of ABC Co. During the period, your company purchased staplers worth
₱1,500. Although the staplers have an estimated useful life of 10 years, you have charged their
cost as expense. Which of the following is most likely to be true?
a. You are applying the concept of matching.
b. You are applying the concepts of materiality and cost-benefit consideration.
c. You are applying the concept of verifiability.
d. You are just lazy to compute for the periodic depreciation.
24. All of the following statements incorrectly refer to the concepts in the Conceptual Framework
except
a. The Conceptual Framework is concerned with all-purpose financial statements.
b. Financial statements are prepared and presented at least annually and are directed toward
both the common and specific information needs of a wide range of users.
c. The objective of general purpose financial statements is similar to the objective of general
purpose financial reporting.
d. The financial statements prepared by a reporting entity comprising a parent and its
subsidiaries are referred to as ‘combined financial statements’.
27. What is the objective of general purpose financial statements according to the Conceptual
Framework?
a. To provide information about the financial position, financial performance, and changes in
financial position of an entity that is useful to primary users in making economic decisions.
b. To prepare and present a balance sheet, an income statement, a cash flow statement, and a
statement of changes in equity.
c. To prepare and present comparable, relevant, reliable, and understandable information for
investors and creditors.
d. To prepare financial statements in accordance with all applicable Standards and
Interpretations.
28. The primary users of financial statements under the Conceptual Framework include
I. Existing and potential investors
II. Employees
III. Lenders and other creditors
IV. Suppliers and other trade creditors
V. Customers
VI. Governments and their agencies
VII. Public
VIII. Professional accountants, including auditors
a. I and III b. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII c. I, II, III, IV, V, VI d. all of these
29. The Conceptual Framework broadly classifies the qualitative characteristics into
a. primary and secondary qualitative characteristics.
b. major and minor qualitative characteristics.
c. fundamental and enhancing qualitative characteristics.
d. cold and hot qualitative characteristics.
30. Identify the fundamental qualitative characteristics under the Conceptual Framework.
I. Relevance
II. Reliability
III. Faithful representation
IV. Comparability
V. Verifiability
VI. Timeliness
VII. Understandability
a. I and II b. I and III c. I, II, III, IV, V and VI d. IV, V, VI and VII
a. I and II b. I and III c. II, III, IV, V and VII d. IV, V, VI and VII
32. Which of the following are considered aspects of the qualitative characteristic of relevance
under the Conceptual Framework?
I. Predictive value
II. Confirmatory value
III. Timeliness
IV. Materiality
33. Under this qualitative characteristic, users are assumed to have a reasonable knowledge of
business activities and willingness to study the information with reasonable diligence.
a. Relevance c. Understandability
b. Faithful representation d. Comparability
36. The ability through consensus among measurers to ensure that information represents what it
purports to represent is an example of the concept of
a. relevance. B. comparability. C. verifiability. D. feedback value.
37. According to the Conceptual Framework, the pervasive constraint on the information that can be
provided by financial reporting is
a. materiality. B. historical. C. cost-benefit. D. going concern.
38. The element that is related to the measurement of an entity’s financial performance is
a. income. B. expenses. C. a and b d. neither a nor b
41. The Conceptual Framework uses the term “economic resources” to refer to
a. assets. B. equity. C. liabilities. D. income.
42. Which of the following is incorrect regarding the use of the term ‘reporting entity’ under the
Conceptual Framework?
a. A reporting entity one that is required, or chooses, to prepare financial statements.
b. A reporting entity must be a legal entity.
c. A reporting entity can be a parent and its subsidiaries viewed as a single entity.
d. All of these are correct.
44. “I say red; you say green.” The information lacks which of the following qualitative
characteristics?
a. Relevance b. Verifiability c. Timeliness d. Colorfulness
45. Which of the following is not one of the decisions that primary users make?
a. deciding on how to run the day-to-day operations of the entity
b. deciding on whether to hold or sell investment in stocks
c. deciding on whether to buy investment in stocks
d. deciding on whether to extend loan to the reporting entity
46. Entity A is making a materiality judgment. Entity A considers an item to be material, and
therefore included in the financial statements, if it pertains to a related party transaction. What
type of materiality assessment is Entity A using?
a. Quantitative b. Qualitative c. Faithful representation d. Relevance
47. According to the Conceptual Framework, the needs of the primary users that are met by financial
statements are
a. all of their needs.
b. all of their common needs only.
c. majority of their common needs only.
d. substantially a majority of their common and specific needs only.
48. The term ‘liquidity’, as used in relation to the assessment of an entity’s financial position, refers
to
a. the entity’s ability to pay its short-term obligations.
b. the entity’s ability to pay its long-term obligations.
c. the entity’s ability to collect its current receivables.
d. the entity’s ability to flow like water.
49. The measurement bases described under the Conceptual Framework are least applicable to the
measurement of
a. assets. B. liabilities. C. equity. D. income.
50. Information on the utilization of economic resources is most useful when assessing an entity’s
a. management stewardship.
b. liquidity and solvency.
c. financial position and financial performance.
d. financial strengths and weaknesses, including the entity’s needs for additional financing.
51. This refers to the comparability of financial statements of the same entity but in different
periods.
a. Inter-comparability c. Intra-comparability
b. Extra-comparability d. Intro-comparability
52. Which of the following financial statements would not be dated as covering a certain reporting
period?
a. Statement of financial position
b. Statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income
c. Statement of cash flows
d. Statement of changes in equity
56. Which of the following statements is correct when an entity departs from a provision of a PFRS?
a. The entity’s financial statements would be grossly incorrect; therefore, PAS 1 does not allow
such a departure.
b. PAS 1 permits such a departure if the relevant regulatory framework requires, or otherwise
does not prohibit, such a departure.
c. PAS 1 requires certain disclosures when an entity departs from a provision of a PFRS.
d. b and c
57. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the classification of financial liabilities as
current or noncurrent in accordance with PAS 1?
a. Currently maturing obligations are presented as current liabilities even if their original term
is longer than one year and even if a refinancing agreement is completed after the end of the
reporting period but before the financial statements are authorized for issue.
b. Currently maturing obligations are presented as noncurrent liabilities only if their original
term is longer than one year.
c. Currently maturing obligations are presented as noncurrent liabilities only if a refinancing
agreement is completed after the end of the reporting period but before the financial
statements are authorized for issue.
58. According to PAS 1, the judgments and estimates embodied in the financial statements, for
example, materiality judgments, assessments of uncertainty and risk, and the like, are the
responsibility of the entity’s
a. management. B. accountant. C. auditor. D. janitor.
62. Entity A needs guidance in accounting for its inventories. Entity A should refer to which of the
following?
a. PAS 1 b. PAS 2 c. PAS 7 d. PAS 8
63. Entity A needs guidance in preparing its statement of changes in equity. Entity A should refer to
which of the following?
a. PAS 1 b. PAS 2 c. PAS 7 d. PAS 8
64. Entity A buys and sells artifacts. Each artifact is unique and not ordinarily interchangeable.
According to PAS 2, the cost formula that Entity A should use is
a. Specific identification. b. Weighted Average. C. FIFO. d. Any of these.
66. Which of the following is presented in the activities section of the statement of cash flows?
67. In the statement of cash flows of a non-financial institution, interest income received is
presented under
a. operating activities. C. investing activities.
b. financing activities. D. a or c
68. An entity makes a change in accounting estimate. How does the entity recognize the effects of
the change in profit or loss?
a. Prospectively in the current period
b. Prospectively in the current and future periods
c. Retrospectively starting from the earliest period presented
d. a or b
69. At the end of the period, Entity A has deductible temporary difference of ₱100,000. Entity A’s
income tax rate is 30%. Entity A’s statement of financial position would report which of the
following?
a. 30,000 deferred tax asset c. 30,000 deferred tax expense
b. 30,000 deferred tax liability d. 30,000 income tax expense
70. You are a business manager. During the period, you have authorized the acquisition of a machine
that will be used in your company’s manufacturing activities in the next 5 years. In your
selection of an appropriate accounting policy for the recognition and measurement of the
machine, which of the following reporting standards is most relevant?
a. PAS 1 b. PAS 2 c. PAS 16 d. PAS 32
(REINFORCEMENT TASK)
PART I
A. Make a list of your assets and explain why the items in your list meet the definition of an asset.
Be sure to make consider all the three aspects on the definition of an asset.
MY ASSETS EXPLANATIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
RECOGNITION CRITERIA
Yes* No EXPLANATIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
* Write a check mark under the “YES” or “NO” column
REQUIREMENTS: (6 points)
State the value that each of the above items will be included at in the company’s year-end
inventory.
1-2 (a) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
3-4 (b) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
5-6 (c) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
PART 3
In your own words, answer each question briefly. Points are indicated in the question.
◻ Recognized assets, liabilities, and equity from each other using applicable standards.
◻ Determined the presentation and disclosure requirements for certain assets, liabilities
and equity.
◻ Analyzed cases related to assets, liabilities and equity
2. Put a check mark on the sub-topics that you have been able to firmly grasp the concept on.
◻ The general features of financial statement preparation.
◻ The components of a complete set of financial statements.
◻ The acceptable methods of presenting items of income and expenses.
◻ The statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income and the statement of
changes in equity.
◻ The relationship of the notes with the other components of a complete set of financial
statements.
◻ Definition of Inventories.
◻ Measure inventories and apply the cost formulas.
◻ The description of the statement of cash flows.
◻ Difference between the following: (1) Operating activities, (2) Investing activities, and (3)
Financing activities
◻ The classifications of the following in a statement of cash flows: (a) dividends received, (b)
dividends paid, (c) interest paid and (d) interest received
◻ Definition of the following and their examples: (1) Change in accounting policy, (2) Change
in accounting estimate, and (3) Error.
◻ Difference between the accounting treatments of the following: change in accounting policy,
change in accounting estimate, and correction of prior period error.
Note: For the sub-topics left unmarked, it is highly encouraged that you review, practice, and
give more time on those concepts.