Wiley GAAP: Financial Statement Disclosure Manual. Joanne M. Flood
7 ASC 235 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1 Authoritative Literature Subtopic Scope Disclosure Techniques Parenthetical Explanations Example—Parenthetical Explanations Notes to Financial Statements Example—Internal Reference to Note Cross‐References Example—Cross‐References to Other Line Items Valuation Allowances or Contra Accounts Example—Valuation Allowances or Contra Accounts
2 Practice Alert FASB Initiative SEC Initiative Suggestions for Improving Disclosure Effectiveness
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Disclosure Examples
Accounting Period
Example 7.1: Fiscal Period
Example 7.2: Change in Fiscal Year‐End
Accounts Receivable
Example 7.3: Receivables and Allowances for Doubtful Accounts and Composition of Other Receivables
Example 7.4: Accounts Receivable, Including Amounts of Allowance Accounts
Advertising
Example 7.5: Marketing and Advertising ExpensesMarketing and advertising expenditures are expensed in the annual period in which the expenditure is incurred.
Example 7.6: Advertising Expenses and Promotional Costs
Cash Equivalents
Example 7.7: Cash Equivalents
Example 7.8: Cash Equivalents—No Cash Equivalents
Comprehensive Income
Example 7.9: Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Concentrations of Risk
Example 7.10: Concentration of Risk
Example 7.11: Concentration of Risk
Consolidation Policy
Example 7.12: Basis of Presentation and Basis of Consolidation: Combined Note
Example 7.13: Basis of Consolidation with Detail
Example 7.14: Basis of Consolidation, Including a VIE
Example 7.15: Noncontrolling Interest
Contingencies
Example 7.16: Contingencies
Derivatives
Example 7.17: Convertible Notes Payable and Derivative Instruments
Earnings Per Share
Example 7.18: Earnings (Loss) Per Share
Example 7.19: Loss per Common Share
Use of Estimates
Example 7.20: Use of Estimates and Assumptions
Financial Instruments
Example 7.21: Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Example 7.22: Derivative Financial Instruments
Foreign Currency Transactions
Example 7.23: Foreign Currency Transactions and Comprehensive Income
Income Taxes
Example 7.24: Taxation, Including Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Disclosure
Example 7.25: Taxation
Intangible Assets
Example 7.26: Intangible Assets, Net
Example 7.27: Goodwill
Example 7.28: Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Example 7.29: Software Development Costs
Inventories
Example 7.30: Inventories