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Corporate Financial Reporting_Class 10
Corporate Financial Reporting_Class 10
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Accounting
Graduate
10/30/2014

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Term
Off-balance sheet financing means...
Definition

either assets, liabilities or both are kept off the balance sheet.

 

Can affect ROE, Net Ops Profit Margin, and Asset Turnover Ratios.

Term
Benefits of Leases:
Definition
  1. Require Less Equity Investment
  2. Flexible terms
  3. Asset stays off the balance sheet
Term
GAAP identifies 2 types of Leases:
Definition
  1. Operating: No asset/liability on balance sheet, Recorded as Rent Expense
  2. Capital: Asset/Liability reported on the Balance Sheet, Asset is depreciated, Liability is amortized like a mortgage, Payments are seperated into interest expense and prinicipal repayment.
Term
In an Operating Lease Transaction, you...
Definition

Reduce Cash

Reduce Retained Earnings as "Rent Expense"

For the Same Amount

Term
In a Capatalize Lease Transaction, you...
Definition
  1. Create a liability equal to the present value of the lease payments
  2. Create an asset for an equal amount
  3. Depreciate that asset over the lease term
  4. Treat the lease payments as payments on the loan
Term
What are the main differences between Capital and Operating Leases?
Definition
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Term
In early years, reported expense is higher for a ___________ lease than a ________ operating lease; but lower in later years.
Definition
Capital, Operating
Term
For leases, the Net Income effect depends on whether the lease is in its________ or ________.
Definition

Early years, or later years.

 

(If we assume on average a lease is in its mid-life, then the net income effect is negligable.)

Term
Rental Expense for Operating Leases should....
Definition
approximate the interest + depreciate expense that the firm would report if the lease was classified as Capital.
Term
Under the midlife assumption, the ROA (Return on Avg. Total Assets) is _______ for the Capatilized Lease than the Operating Lease.
Definition
Term
For comparing companies, we transfer the Operating Leases into Capital Lease Terms.
Definition
See Class 10 Slides 37 for transaction, and previous slides for more info...
Term
Application of Capatilization of Operating Leases
Definition

See Slides 39-43 for illustration

**NEED TO KNOW THIS FOR EXAM!

Term
Projected Benefit Obligation Format:
Definition

PBO, beg

+ Service Cost

+ Interest Cost

+/- Actuarial gain/loss

- Benefits paid to employees

PBO, Ending

Term
Plan Assets Format:
Definition

Pension Plan Assets, beg

+ Return on Plan Assets

+ Company Contributions

    - Benefits Paid                  

Pension Plan Assets, Ending

Term
What 3 factors impact pensions:
Definition
  1. Passage of Time
  2. Return on Assets
  3. Service Cost
Term
Interest Cost =
Definition
Avg. Present Value of Obligations * Interest Rate
Term
Overfunded or underfunded plans show up on the balance sheet as....
Definition
Net Asset, or Net Liability
Term
Return on Assets =
Definition
Avg. Market Value of Assets * Rate of Return
Term
Pension Expense =
Definition

Interest Cost

+ Service Cost

- Expected Return on Assets

+ Amortization of deferred amounts

(actuarial gains/losses^^)

Term
The Pension Expense amount shows up on the...
Definition
Income Statement
Term
Accumulated Other Comprehensive income =
Definition

The difference between

Actual return on Assets

-and-

Expected Return on Assets

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