ACC-201 Intermediate Accounting I

Intermediate Accounting I stresses a broader application of accounting principles. Theory is emphasized as it relates to valuation and changes in the financial position and operations of the business entity. Students will evaluate financial statements of business entities both quantitatively and qualitatively to expand their knowledge base regarding Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) while learning how to adapt to changes in the standards of accounting practice.

Credits

Prerequisite

ACC-102 OR an A- or betting in ACC-101

Corequisite

ACC-102

Lecture Contact Hours

Lab Contact Hours

Other Contact Hours

Department

Business

Grading Scheme

Letter

SUNY Gen Ed Credit

Semesters Course Will Be Offered

Fall
Spring

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to identify current issues in the accounting profession
Students will be able to construct a complete set of financial statements
Students will be able to identify and account for business transactions.
Students will demonstrate the ability to apply present and future value concepts to accounting transactions
Students will be able to identify and explain issues in the Conceptual Framework as set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board

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ACC 201: Intermediate Accounting I

Department

Business

Course Description

Credit Hours

Contact Hours

Lecture	4
Lab	0
Other	0

Grading Scheme

Letter

Semester(s) Course Will Be Offered

Fall, Spring

Prerequisites

ACC-102 OR an A- or betting in ACC-101

Corequisites

ACC-102

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to identify current issues in the accounting profession
Students will be able to construct a complete set of financial statements
Students will be able to identify and account for business transactions.
Students will demonstrate the ability to apply present and future value concepts to accounting transactions
Students will be able to identify and explain issues in the Conceptual Framework as set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board

Topic Outline

Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards
1. Understanding the financial reporting environment
2. Identifying the major policy-setting bodies and their role in the standard-setting process
3. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Codification.
4. The major challenges in the financial reporting environment
5. Ethic cases
Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting
1. The usefulness of a conceptual framework
2. The objective of financial reporting
3. The qualitative characteristics of accounting information
4. The basis elements of financial statements
5. The basic assumptions of accounting
6. The application of the basis principles of accounting
7. The impact that the cost constraint has on reporting accounting information
The Accounting Information System
1. The basic accounting information system
2. Recording and summarizing basic transactions
3. Identifying and preparing adjusting entries
4. Preparing financial statements from the adjusted trial balance
5. Preparing closing entries
6. Preparing financial statements for a merchandising company
Income Statement and Related Information
1. The uses and limitations of an income statement
2. The content of the income statement
3. Preparing an income statement
  1. Single step-income statement
  2. Multiple-step income statement
4. Reporting various income items
  1. Unusual and infrequent gains and losses
  2. Discontinued operations
  3. Non-controlling interest
  4. Earnings per share
5. The reporting of accounting changes and errors
  1. Changes in accounting principle (GAAP)
  2. Changes in accounting estimates
  3. Correction of errors
6. Preparing a retained earnings statement
  1. Restrictions of Retained Earnings
  2. Appropriated Retained Earnings
7. Reporting other comprehensive income
  1. Other comprehensive income
  2. One (single) statement format
  3. Two (second) statement format
  4. Statement of Stockholders' Equity
  5. Balance Sheet presentation
Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows
1. The uses and limitations of a balance sheet
  1. Liquidity
  2. Solvency
  3. Financial flexibility
  4. Historical cost limitations
  5. The use of judgements and estimates
  6. Omission of items with financial value
2. Identifying the major classifications of the balance sheet
3. Preparing a classified balance sheet using the report and account formats
4. Identifying the purpose and content of the statement of cash flows
5. Preparing a basic statement of cash flows
  1. Operating activities
  2. Investing activities
  3. Financing activities
  4. Noncash investing and financing activities
  5. Net increase/decrease in cash
6. Understanding the usefulness of the statement of cash flows
7. Determining which balance sheet information required supplemental disclosure
  1. Contingencies
  2. Accounting policies
  3. Contractual situations
  4. Fair Values
8. Describing the major disclosure techniques for the balance sheet
  1. Parenthetical explanations
  2. Notes
  3. Cross-reference and contra items
  4. Supporting Schedules
  5. Terminology
9. Ratio analysis
  1. Liquidity Ratios
  2. Activity Ratios
  3. Profitability Ratios
  4. Coverage Ratios
Accounting and the Time Value of Money
1. The fundamental concepts related to the time value of money
  1. Simple interest
  2. Compound interest
  3. Using the factor tables
  4. Fundamentals variables
2. Solving the future and the present value of 1
  1. The unknown problems of single-sum problems
3. Solving the future value of ordinary and annuity due problems
4. Solving present value of ordinary and annuity due problems
5. Solving present value problems related to deferred annuities, bonds, and expected cash flows
  1. Deferred annuities
  2. Long-term bonds
  3. Effective-interest method, bond discounts, or premium amortization
  4. Present value measurement
Cash and Receivables
1. Reporting cash and related items
  1. Cash Equivalents
  2. Restricted cash
  3. Bank overdrafts
2. Receivables and accounting issues related to the recognition
  1. Current and noncurrent receivables
  2. Nontrade receivables
  3. Trade and cash (sales discounts) discounts
  4. Sales returns and allowances
  5. Time value of money
3. Accounting issues related to the valuation of accounts receivable
  1. Direct write-off method for uncollectible account
  2. Allowance method for uncollectible accounts
  3. Recovery of an uncollectible account
  4. Estimating the allowance
4. Accounting issues related to recognition, valuation, and d of notes receivable
  1. Promissory note
  2. Interest-bearing note
  3. Zero-interest bearing notes
  4. Notes exchanged for property, goods, or service
5. The fair value option
6. Accounting issues related to the disposition of accounts and notes receivable
  1. Sale of receivables
  2. Secured borrowing
7. Reporting and analyzing receivables
  1. Accounts receivable turnover ratio
  2. Average days to collet receivables or days outstanding
8. Common techniques to control cash
  1. Petty cash
  2. Bank reconciliation
Valuation of Inventories: A Cost-Basis Approach
1. Inventory classifications and different inventory systems
  1. Perpetual inventory system
  2. Periodic inventory system
  3. Modified perpetual inventory system
2. Determine the goods and costs included in inventory
  1. Goods in transit
  2. Consigned goods
  3. Sales with a repurchase agreement
  4. Sales with high rates of return
  5. Product costs
  6. Period costs
  7. Purchase discounts using gross and net methods
3. Describe and compare the cost flow assumptions used to account for inventories
  1. Average-cost method
  2. Weighted-average method
  3. First-In, First-Out (FIFO) method
  4. Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) method
4. Identify special issues related to LIFO
  1. LIFO reserve
  2. LIFO liquidation
  3. Dollar-Value LIFO
  4. Using the Price Index
5. Determine the effects of inventory errors on the financial statements
  1. Understated and overstated inventory
inventories: Additional Valuation Issues
1. The lower-of-cost-or-net realizable value (NRV) rule
2. The lower-of-cost-or-market (LCM) rule
  1. Upper limit (ceiling) and lower limit (floor)
3. Other inventory valuation issues
  1. Net realizable value
  2. Related sales value
  3. Purchase commitments
4. Applying the gross profit method
  1. Gross profit on selling price
  2. Percentage Markup on cost
5. Applying the retail inventory method
  1. Markups and Markdowns- Conventional method
  2. Special Items
6. Reporting and analyzing inventory
  1. Inventory turnover ratio
  2. Average days to sell inventory
Acquisition and Disposition of Property, Plant, and Equipment
1. Property, plant, and equipment and its related costs
2. Accounting problems associated with self-constructed assets
3. Accounting problems associated with interest capitalization
  1. Qualifying assets
  2. Capitalization period
  3. Amount to capitalize
    1. Avoidable interest
    2. Weighted- average accumulate expenditures
    3. Interest rates and capitalization of interest
4. Accounting issues related to acquiring and valuing plant assets
  1. Cash discounts
  2. Deferred-payment contracts
  3. Lump-sum purchases
  4. Issuance of stock
  5. Trading nonmonetary assets at a loss/gain
  6. Commercial Substance
  7. Contributions
5. Accounting treatment for costs subsequent to acquisition
  1. Distinguishing between capital expenditure (asset) and revenue expenditure (expense)
    1. Additions
    2. Improvements and replacements
    3. Rearrangement and Reinstallation
    4. Repairs
6. Accounting treatment for the disposal of property, plant, and equipment
  1. Sale of plant assets showing a gain or loss
  2. Involuntary conversion due to loss from fire, flood, theft, or condemnation
Depreciation, Impairments, and Depletion
1. Depreciation concepts and methods of depreciation
  1. Depreciable base for an asset
  2. Salvage value
  3. Estimating useful life
    1. Inadequacy
    2. Supersession
    3. Obsolescence
  4. Methods of depreciation
    1. Sum-of-the-years'-digit (accelerated)
    2. Declining-balance method (accelerated)
    3. Straight-line method
    4. Activity method
    5. Group and composite methods
    6. Hybrid or combination methods
2. Special depreciation methods and other depreciation issues
  1. Group and composite methods
  2. Hybrid or combination methods
  3. Partial periods
  4. Replacement
  5. Revising depreciation rates
3. Accounting issues related to asset impairment
  1. Recoverability test
  2. Measuring impairment loss
4. Accounting procedures for the depletion or natural resources
  1. Creating a depletion base
    1. Acquisition costs
    2. Exploration costs
    3. Development costs
    4. Restoration costs
  2. Write-offs of resource costs
5. Reporting and analyzing property, plant, equipment, and natural resource
  1. Asset turnover ratio
  2. Profit margin on Sales ratio
  3. Return on assets
Intangible Assets
1. The characteristics, valuation, and amortization or intangible assets
  1. Valuation of intangibles
  2. Limited-life intangibles
  3. Indefinite-life intangibles
    1. Impairment test
2. Accounting for various types of intangible assets
  1. Marketing-related intangible assets
    1. Trademark or tradename
    2. Domain names
    3. Company names
  2. Customer-related intangible assets
    1. Customer lists
    2. Order or production backlogs
    3. Contractual or non-contractual customer relationships
  3. Artistic-related intangible assets
    1. Copyrights
  4. Contract-related intangible assets
    1. Franchises
    2. Licensing agreements
    3. Construction permits
    4. Broadcast rights
    5. Service and supply contracts
  5. Technology-related intangible assets
    1. Patent
  6. Goodwill
    1. Goodwill write-off
    2. Bargain purchase
    3. Internally created goodwill
3. Accounting issues for recoding goodwill
  1. Goodwill write-off
  2. Bargain purchase
  3. Internally created goodwill
4. Impairment procedures and presentation requirements for intangible assets
  1. Fair value test
  2. Recoverability test
5. Accounting and presentation for research and development and similar costs
  1. Start-up costs for a new operation
  2. Initial operating losses
  3. Advertising costs
  4. Computer software cost
Introduction to Data Analytics in Accounting
1. Excel spreadsheets
2. Other various analytics throughout the course
Professional Writing Pertaining to Accounting