Accounting

Company B still has to earn their revenue, even though the customer has already paid for the whole year in advance. For a seller using the cash method, revenue on the sale is not recognized until payment is collected and expenses are not recorded until cash is paid. For companies that don’t follow accrual accounting and use the cash -basis instead, revenue is only recognized when cash is received. Advances are not considered to be a sufficient evidence of sale; thus, no revenue is recorde […]

They are designed to maintain credibility and transparency in the financial world, which enables investors and business operators to make informed financial decisions. Although convergence efforts have stalled since the Financial Accounting Standards Board and IASB completed projects that better align accounting rules in U.S. GAAP and IFRS in February 2013—including revenue recognition, leases, and credit losses on financial instruments—former SEC Chair Mary Jo White said in January 2017 just p […]

The committee and the independent auditor usually hold quarterly meetings to discuss the financial reporting, internal controls, and audit of the firm. The committee reviews the results of an audit with management and external auditors, including matters required to be communicated to the committee under generally accepted auditing standards. Controls over financial reporting, information technology security and operational matters fall under the purview of the committee.

Many boards also sche […]

It can also be viewed as expenses that can be directly attributed to the generation of revenue. Since you incurred liability without an economic benefit in exchange, there is no increase in your net worth but rather there’s a decrease instead. For example, when you pay for rent, your cash is reduced without a corresponding increase in another asset. Aside from these costs, there are other expenses that are necessary in order to keep the business afloat.

The concept of the expense account […]

In terms of the completeness assertion, purchase orders and receiving reports are typically pre-numbered and accounted for. If a number has been recorded twice or there is a missing number from the list, it will be easy to figure out the problem. When an auditor completes a review of financial statements or performs a regulatory audit, they are offering assurance services. In this lesson, we’ll define assurance services and discuss why they are such an important part of what an auditor do […]

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examin […]