95. Under GAAP, a company should identify its operating segments for financial reporting through the use of
the “management approach.” The management approach is based on the way a company’s management
organizes the company’s segments for making operating decisions and for assessing performance.
Required:
Describe how a company determines an operating segment using the “management approach.”
96. Your firm recently completed a set of interim financial statements for one of your clients. Your client has
just asked you if there are any differences in the procedures used in the preparation of interim reports as
compared to annual reports.
Required:
Write an explanation of how the interim accounting procedures differ from those performed at year-end.
First, for companies using a periodic inventory system, the interim ending inventory is usually based on an
estimation technique, rather than a physical count. Second, interim adjusting entries are not formally recorded;
they are only shown on the working papers. Third, the temporary accounts are not closed for each interim
period. And, finally, interim reports are usually not audited because of time and cost constraints.
97. In the preparation of interim income statements, the treatment of expenses is recognized differently
depending on whether or not they are directly related to product sales or services.
Required:
Discuss the general treatment of expenses in interim statements when they
are directly related to product sales or services.
are not directly related to product sales or services.
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that engages in business activities to earn revenues and incur expenses
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for which financial information is available