MA9902C00 Lecture Notes - Narendra Modi, Swaminathan, Agribusiness

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13 Mar 2023

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Mahatma Gandhi University

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The underlying long stretches of the post-autonomy time frame saw the. Indian agrarian framework even from a pessimistic standpoint. Absence of assets, low-yielding unrefined substances, and a lack of hardware and innovation; were a portion of the fundamental issues around then. Understanding the disintegrating state of the agribusiness area, the indian. Government sent off the green upset through which the utilization of high. Yielding assortment (hyv) seeds was embraced in the country. Alongside this, occurred the up-degree in water system offices as well as the utilization of additional successful manures. This together prompted the large scale manufacturing of excellent yields in india. To track down an ideal answer for these issues, in the year 1965 under the direction of. Swaminathan, the indian government sent off the green unrest that endured from 1967-1978. The green transformation umbrella plan, known as the "krishonnati. Yojana," was approved by top state leader narendra modi.

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1. Which of the following is a distinguishing characteristic of a nonbusiness organization?

Select one:

a. There is an absence of ownership interests that can be sold, transferred, or redeemed.

b. It does not depreciate its capital assets.

c. It does not charge fees for any of its services.

d. Its revenues do not exceed its expenses

2. For which type of organizations is the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) responsible for establishing accounting and financial reporting standards?

Select one:

a. Business-type organizations only.

b. Business-type organizations; not-for-profit organizations; and all colleges, universities and health care providers, whether organized as not-for-profit or governmental entities.

c. All entities, except for those under the jurisdiction of the American Institue of CPAs.

d. Business-type organizations and not-for-profit organizations, including not-for-profit colleges, universities and health care providers.

3. To what extent do accounting standards promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) apply to state and local governmental entities?

Select one:

a. FASB standards never apply to governmental entities

b. FASB standards apply if so designated by the AICPA

c. All governmental entities have a choice between GASB and FASB standards

d. FASB standards apply if so designated by the GASB

4. Which of the following is the most authoritative source of accounting standards for not-for-profit colleges, universities, and health care providers?

Select one:

a. Current practices widely used by not-for-profit entities

b. FASB Statements and Interpretations

c. Consensus positions of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force

d. AICPA Industry Audit Guides

5. To what extent do organizations that use fund accounting also report on the entity as a whole?

Select one:

a. Organizations that use fund accounting are not required to report on the entity as a whole

b. Organizations that use fund accounting are required to report on the entity as a whole

c. Organizations that choose to report on the entity as a whole are not permitted to use fund accounting for internal purposes

d. Organizations that use fund accounting have the option of reporting either on funds or on the organization as a whole

6. A not-for-profit organization performs all of the following activities except?

Select one:

a. Paying overtime to employees

b. Paying dividends to shareholders

c. Charging a fee for services provided

d. Purchasing long-lived (capital) assets

7. For which types of organizations is the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) responsible for establishing accounting and financial reporting standards?

Select one:

a. All governmental and not-for-profit organizations

b. All state and local governmental organizations, except for state and local governmental colleges, universities, health care providers, and utilities

c. All state and local governmental organizations, including government-sponsored colleges, universities, health care providers, and utilities

d. All state, local, and Federal organizations

8. Government and nonprofit accounting focuses on which of the following?

Select one:

a. Reporting to management

b. Demonstrating accountability

c. Protecting investors from fraud

d. Calculating profit or loss

9. Not-for-profit organizations obtain their revenues primarily from?

Select one:

a. Contributions from donors

b. Sales to customers

c. Taxes on real property

d. Taxes on personal property

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board has developed a conceptualframework for financial accounting and reporting. The FASB hasissued seven Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts.

These statements set forth objectives and fundamentals that will bethe basis for developing financial accounting and reportingstandards. The objectives identify the goals and purposes offinancial reporting. The fundamentals are the underlying conceptsof financial accounting concepts that guide the selection oftransactions, events, and circumstances to be accounted for; theirrecognition and measurement; and the means of summarizing andcommunicating them to interested parties.

The purpose of Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2,"Qualitative Characteristics of Accounting Information," is toexamine the characteristics that make accounting informationuseful. The characteristics or qualities of information discussedin Concepts No. 2 are the ingredients that make information usefuland are the qualities to be sought when accounting choices aremade.

What is the most important quality for accounting information asidentified in Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2?Explain why it is the most important.

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Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting LO 2.1Describe the usefulness of a conceptual framework.

A _____________________ in accounting is important becauserule-making should be built on and relate to an established body ofconcepts.

The benefits of a soundly developed conceptual framework are asfollows: a) ______________________________________________________b) ______________________________________________________

Which of the following is not true concerning a conceptualframework in accounting? A. It should be a basis forstandard-setting. B. It should allow practical problems to besolved more quickly by reference to it. C. It should be based onfundamental truths that are derived from the laws of nature. D. Allof these answer choices are true.

LO 2.2 Understand the objective of financial reporting. Toprovide financial information about the reporting entity that is_______________ to present and potential equity_________________________________in making decisions aboutproviding resources to the entity.

In other words the objective is_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

LO 2.3 Identify the qualitative characteristics of accountinginformation. The qualitative characteristics of accountinginformation distinguish better and more useful information frominferior and less useful information.

a.Fundamental qualities of useful accounting information.

Relevance._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(a)Predictive value.:_____________________________________________________________________________________.

(b)Confirmatory value:_________________________________________________________________________________.

(c)Materiality.:_________________________________________________________________________________.

FaithfulRepresentation.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(a)Completeness_________________________________________________________

(b)Neutrality_______________________________________________________

(c)Free from error___________________________________________________

b.Enhancing Qualities Enhancing qualities complement thefundamental qualities and include:

Comparability__________________________________________________________________.

Consistency_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Verifiability__________________________________________________________________.

Timeliness__________________________________________________________________.Understandabili_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Select the qualitative characteristics for the followingstatements.

(a) Quality of information that assures users that informationrepresents the economic phenomena that it purports torepresent.

(b) Information about an economic phenomenon that corrects pastor present expectations based on previous evaluations.

(d) Includes all the information that is necessary for afaithful representation of the economic phenomena that it purportsto represent.

(e) Quality of information that allows users to comprehend itsmeaning.

SFAC No. 8 identifies the qualitative characteristics that makeaccounting information useful. Presented below are a number ofquestions related to these qualitative characteristics andunderlying constraint.

(a) What is the quality of information that enables users toconfirm or correct prior expectations?

(b) Identify the pervasive constraint developed in theconceptual framework.

(c) The chairman of the SEC at one time noted, âIf it becomesaccepted or expected that accounting principles are determined ormodified in order to secure purposes other than economicmeasurement, we assume a grave risk that confidence in thecredibility of our financial information system will beundermined.â Which qualitative characteristic of accountinginformation should ensure that such a situation will not occur? (Donot use faithful representation.)

(d) Muruyama Corp. switches from FIFO to averagecost to FIFOover a 2-year period. Which qualitative characteristic ofaccounting information is not followed?

(e) Assume that the profession permits the savings and loanindustry to defer losses on investments it sells because immediaterecognition of the loss may have adverse economic consequences onthe industry. Which qualitative characteristic of accountinginformation is not followed? (Do not use relevance or faithfulrepresentation.)

(f) What are the two fundamental qualities that make accountinginformation useful for decisionmaking?

(g) Watteau Inc. does not issue its first-quarter report untilafter the second quarterâs results are reported. Which qualitativecharacteristic of accounting is not followed? (Do not userelevance.)

(h) Predictive value is an ingredient of which of the twofundamental qualities that make accounting information useful fordecision-making purposes?

(i) Duggan, Inc. is the only company in its industry todepreciate its plant assets on a straight-line basis. Whichqualitative characteristic of accounting information may not befollowed?

(j) Roddick Company has attempted to determine the replacementcost of its inventory. Three different appraisers arrive atsubstantially different amounts for this value. The president,nevertheless, decides to report the middle value for externalreporting purposes. Which qualitative characteristic of informationis lacking in these data? (Do not use relevance or faithfulrepresentation.)

If the LIFO inventory method was used last period, it should beused for the current and following periods because of A.consistency. B. verifiability. C. materiality. D. timeliness.

According to the FASB's conceptual framework, what does theconcept of faithful representation include? A. Predictive value B.Materiality C. Verifiability D. Neutrality

Which of the following is not a basic assumption underlying thefinancial accounting structure? A. Going concern assumption B.Economic entity assumption C. Historical cost assumption D.Periodicity assumption

Under current GAAP, inflation is ignored in accounting due tothe A. periodicity assumption. B. economic entity assumption. C.going concern assumption. D. monetary unit assumption.

Valuing assets at liquidation values rather than cost isinconsistent with the A. historical cost principle. B. materialityconstraint. C. periodicity assumption. D. expense recognitionprinciple.

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MA9902C00 Lecture Notes - Narendra Modi, Swaminathan, Agribusiness

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