Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781260481563
Author: Libby, Robert
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Describe the roles and responsibilities of management and independent auditors in the financial reporting process.

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Financial reporting:  Financial reporting is the procedure to communicate the information obtained from the financial statements prepared. It is necessary to disclose the data to various stakeholders as various decisions needs to be taken by the stakeholders.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: They are commonly known as GAAP. It is a collection of generally practiced and followed rules and standards of accounting. GAAP provides global guidelines for preparation and disclosure of financial statements of public companies. It is created and developed by International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB): A non-profit organization established by Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that ensures the application of auditing standards by the independent auditors to minimize the audit risk.

The roles and responsibilities of management and independent auditors in the financial reporting process can be explained as follows:

  • The management includes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) who are responsible for the precision and correctness of the financial statements, and to conform that the statements prepared, are in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
  • Independent auditors are entrusted with the responsibility to conduct thorough examination of financial statements ensuring the fairness of accounting information provided, through adherence with the mandatory accounting standards. The auditors are also required to follow the auditing standards prescribed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) that minimizes the audit risk.

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Chapter 5 Solutions

Financial Accounting

Ch. 5 - Prob. 11QCh. 5 - Prob. 12QCh. 5 - Prob. 13QCh. 5 - 14. Briefly define return on assets and what it...Ch. 5 - 1. If average total assets increase, but net...Ch. 5 - 2. If a company plans to differentiate its...Ch. 5 - 3. If a company reported the following items on...Ch. 5 - 4. Which of the following is one of the possible...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 5 - 10. Net income was $850,000. Beginning and ending...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1MECh. 5 - Prob. 2MECh. 5 - Finding Financial Information: Matching Financial...Ch. 5 - Prob. 4MECh. 5 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Sales...Ch. 5 - Recording Sales and Cost of Goods Sold and...Ch. 5 - Computing and Interpreting Return on...Ch. 5 - E5-1 Matching Players in the Accounting...Ch. 5 - Prob. 2ECh. 5 - E5-3 Finding Financial Information: Matching...Ch. 5 - Prob. 4ECh. 5 - Campbell Soup Company is the world’s leading maker...Ch. 5 - Prob. 6ECh. 5 - Macy’s, Inc., operates the two best-known high-end...Ch. 5 - E5-8 Preparing a Classified (Multiple-Step) Income...Ch. 5 - Tableau Software provides business analytics...Ch. 5 - Prob. 10ECh. 5 - Prob. 11ECh. 5 - Prob. 12ECh. 5 - Pacific Gas and Electric Company is a giant public...Ch. 5 - Hasbro is one of the world’s leading toy...Ch. 5 - Prob. 15ECh. 5 - Prob. 16ECh. 5 - The TJX Companies, Inc., which operates the T.J....Ch. 5 - Analyzing and Evaluating Return on Assets from a...Ch. 5 - What would be the direction of the effect of the...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1PCh. 5 - Matching Definitions with Balance Sheet-Related...Ch. 5 - Exquisite Jewelers is developing its annual...Ch. 5 - Prob. 4PCh. 5 - Prob. 5PCh. 5 - Prob. 6PCh. 5 - Prob. 7PCh. 5 - Prob. 8PCh. 5 - Preparing a Multiple-Step Income Statement with...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1APCh. 5 - Prob. 2APCh. 5 - Prob. 3APCh. 5 - Prob. 4APCh. 5 - Prob. 1CONCh. 5 - Prob. 2CONCh. 5 - Refer to the financial statements of American...Ch. 5 - Refer to the financial statements of Express, Inc....Ch. 5 - Prob. 3CPCh. 5 - Prob. 4CPCh. 5 - Making Decisions as a Manager: Evaluating the...Ch. 5 - Megan Company (not a corporation) was careless...Ch. 5 - Prob. 7CP
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