If a company owns 22% of the common stock (and of the corresponding voting rights) of another publicly quoted company, the investment should be valued on the statement of financial position using the:
Original cost
Fair value
Equity method
Full consolidation method
If a company owns 9% of the common stock (and of the corresponding voting rights) of another publicly quoted company, the investment should be valued on the statement of financial position using the:
Original cost
Fair value
Equity method
Full consolidation method
Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities would be:
Reported in the equity section of the statement of financial position
Reported in the liability section of the statement of financial position
Reported on the income statement
Disclosed only in the footnotes
Trading securities would be:
Current assets
Long-term investments
Trade receivables
Current liabilities
Pension expense should be recorded when the:
Company pays the employee his pension
Company funds the pension plan
Employee earns the pension
Tax authority allows a deduction for tax purposes
According to IAS 39 derivative financial instruments must be measured on the statement of financial position at:
Historical cost
Amortized cost
Fair value
Net realizable value
Using derivative financial instruments to reduce the risk of future price changes is referred to as:
Speculation
Hedging
Underlying
Net settlement
Company Alfa is a defendant in a lawsuit that could result in a large payment to the plaintiff. Alfa’s legal counsel believes that there is a 90% chance that Alfa will lose the lawsuit and estimates that there is a 30 per cent probability that the damage will be €5m and a 70 per cent probability that the damage will amount to $20m. What amount of liability should Alfa report on its statement of financial position related to the lawsuit?
$0
$5m
$20m
$15.5m
Company Alfa is a defendant in a lawsuit that could result in a large payment to the plaintiff. Alfa’s legal counsel believes that there is a 40% chance that Alfa will lose the lawsuit and estimates that there is a 60 per cent probability that the damage will be €5m and a 40 per cent probability that the damage will amount to $20m. What amount of liability should Alfa report on its statement of financial position related to the lawsuit?
$0
$5m
$20m
$11m
What is the present value of all future retirement payments attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee services rendered?