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What is a contingency? Why are contingencies important to users of financial statements? What are the criteria for recording contingencies? Should companies record a liability for threatened litigation? Why or why not?

In 2-3 paragraphs complete the following: Define gain contingency. Describe the accounting requirements for a gain contingency. Define contingency. What exactly is the company uncertain about—whether a future event will take place and result in a liability or whether a future event will take place that will confirm that a liability exists from an event that has already taken place?

Explain the concept of fair value accounting. When is a company required to measure its assets and liabilities at fair value?

Which of the following is a valid assumption from an accounting perspective? O A company that has declared bankruptcy is referred to as a going concern. O Financial statements should be prepared on a calendar-year basis. O Financial statements are prepared for a specific entity that is distinct from the entity's owners. O The results of customer satisfaction surveys should be reported in the financial statements because such results could impact decisions of financial statement users.

A company is considering whether to adopt a new accounting standard that would require it to recognize certain assets and liabilities that were previously off-balance sheet. Discuss the potential impact of the new standard on the company's financial statements and the steps the company should take to implement the standard. What are the disclosure requirements under the new standard?

Explain the concept of fair value accounting. When is a company required to measure its assets and liabilities at fair value? Right Answer

Assume that a business is headed for certain bankruptcy and it is evident that its liabilities greatly exceed its assets. Which principle would be violated if its financial statements wereprepared using standard U.S. GAAP?a. Entity assumptionb. Continuity assumptionc. Historical cost principled. Stable-monetary-unit assumption

Management can estimate the amount of loss that will occur due to litigation against the company. If the likelihood of loss is reasonably possible, a contingent liability should be a. Disclosed but not reported as a liability. b. Disclosed and reported as a liability. c. Neither disclosed nor reported as a liability. d. Reported as a liability but not disclosed.

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Under what condition should a pending lawsuit be recognized as a liability on a company's balance sheet? Multiple Choice The outcome is probable and can be reasonably estimated. The amount can reasonably estimated. The outcome is probable. The outcome is reasonably possible.

Accounting ChangesIt is important in accounting theory to be able to distinguish the types of accounting changes:Required:a) If a public company desires to change from the sum-of-year’s-digits depreciation method to the straight-line method for its fixed assets, what type of accounting change will this be? How would it be treated? Discuss the permissibility of this change.b) If a public company obtained additional information about the service lives of some of its fixed assets that showed that the service lives previously used should be shortened, what type of accounting change would this be? Include in your discussion how the change should be reported in the income statement of the year of the change and what disclosures should be made in the financial statements or notes.

Please answer the following question(s): Sometimes a business entity will change its method of accounting for certain items. The change may be classified as a change in accounting principle, a change in accounting estimate, or a change in reporting entity. Listed below are three independent, unrelated sets of facts relating to accounting changes. Situation I: A company determined that the depreciable lives of its fixed assets are presently too long to fairly match the cost of the fixed assets with the revenue produced. The company decided at the beginning of the current year to reduce the depreciable lives of all of its existing fixed assets by five years. Situation II: On December 31, 2020, Gary Company owned 51% of Allen Company, at which time Gary reported its investment on a nonconsolidated basis due to political uncertainties in the country in which Allen was located. On January 2, 2021, the management of Gary Company was satisfied that the political uncertainties were resolved…

Which of the following statements about Loss Contingencies is TRUE?  According to the practice of accounting conservatism, contingency losses do not have to be accrued until they are confirmed, while contingency gains have to be recorded when the event confirming their receipt is probable. Remote Losses do not require disclosure. According to the U.S. GAAP, a loss contingency must be accrued by a charge to income if any of the two conditions is met: 1) it is probable that an asset has been impaired, or a liability has been incurred at the date of the financial statements; 2) the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. If a loss is probable but cannot be estimated, it shall not be disclosed in the financial statements.