ACCT3321 Lecture 10: CHAPTER 16 AND 18 - Accounting Policy

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CHAPTER 16 AND 18
CHAPTER 18
Accounting and other disclosure
Accounting policy
- Is specific principles, bases, conventions, rules and practices applied by an entity in
preparing and presenting financial statements
-Disclosure
oThe note usually states that the financial statements are general purpose
financial statements enabling the users to understand the basis on which
they have been prepared
oThe note must state whether the statement are prepared in accordance with
Accounting standards
Interpretations of accounting standards
oThe note should disclose the measurement basis or bases used in preparing
the financial statements
oGoing concern and accrual accounting are assumed to have been undertaken
therefore you don’t have to disclose if you have used them
oWhen not prepared on a going concern basis, you are required to disclose the
fact, the reasons for not applying them and the basis used
oFor individual items the majority of companies use the historical cost
measurement basis but other basis such as fair value, current cost, net
market value or present value may be used
oFor individual items the majority of companies use the historical cost
measurement basis but other bases such as fair value, current cost, net
market value or present value may be used
oWhere more than one basis is used, they must be disclosed
oThe notes should provide a description of accounting policies
oWhen deciding how much detail should be provided, management should
consider:
The likely users of the financial report and their information needs
The nature of the company’s operations
Whether accounting policies are presented by accounting standards
or ‘voluntarily’ adopted by management
Whether policies are selected from alternative allowed in accounting
standards
oThe notes should disclose those judgements, apart from those involving
estimations, that management has made in the process of applying the
entity’s accounting policies that have the most significant effect on the
amounts recognised in the financial statements
oThe notes should disclose information about the assumptions made
concerning the future and other major sources of estimation uncertainty at
the end of the reporting period that have a significant risk of causing a
material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities
(depreciation, long term employment benefits [superannuation])
oE.g. p 3
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Is specific principles, bases, conventions, rules and practices applied by an entity in preparing and presenting financial statements. The likely users of the financial report and their information needs. Whether accounting policies are presented by accounting standards or voluntarily" adopted by management. The nature of the future change in accounting policy. The date the company proposes to adopt the standard or the effective date required. A discussion of the impact the initial application of the standard is expected to have on the entity"s financial statements or, if that impact is not known or reasonably estimate, a statement to that effect. Disclosure of changes in accounting policies: an entity must consistently apply accounting policies for similar transactions, where change is permitted: vents or conditions unless required otherwise by the standards. If the change is required by an accounting standard. If there is a change, the entity is required to disclose: The change made that might have an effect on future periods.

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