Chapter 8Segment and Interim ReportingChapter Outline I.FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 280, Segment Reporting (FASB ASC 280), provides current guidance on segment reporting.A.ASC 280 follows a management approach in which segments are based on the way that management disaggregates the enterprise for making operating decisions; these are referred to as operating segments.B.Operating segments are components of an enterprise which meet three criteria.1.Engage in business activities and earn revenues and incur expenses.2.Operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision-maker to assess performance and make resource allocation decisions.3.Discrete financial information is available from the internal reporting system. C.Once operating segments have been identified, three quantitative threshold tests are then applied to identify segments of sufficient size to warrant separate disclosure. Any segment meeting even one of these tests is separately reportable.1.Revenue testsegment revenues, both external and intersegment, are 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, external and intersegment, of all reported operating segments. 2.Profit or loss testsegment profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater (in absolute terms) of the combined reported profit of all profitable segments or the combined reported loss of all segments incurring a loss.3.Asset testsegment assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.D.Several general restrictions on the presentation of operating segments exist.1.Separately reported operating segments must generate at least 75 percent of total (consolidated) sales made by the company to outside parties. 2.Ten is suggested as the maximum number of operating segments that should be separately disclosed. If more than ten are reportable, the company should consider combining some operating segments. E.Information to be disclosed by operating segment.1.General information about the operating segment including factors used to identify operating segments and the types of products and services from which each segment derives its revenues.2.Segment profit or loss and the following components of profit or loss.a.Revenues from external customers.b.Revenues from transactions with other operating segments. c.Interest revenue and interest expense (reported separately).d.Depreciation, depletion, and amortization expense.e.Other significant noncash items included in segment profit or loss.f.Unusual items and extraordinary items. g.Income tax expense or benefit.3.Total segment assets and the following related items.a.Investment in equity method affiliates. b.Expenditures for additions to long-lived assets. Chapter 08 - Segment and Interim Reporting

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II.Enterprise-wide disclosures.A.Information about products and services.1.Additional information must be provided if operating segments have not been determined based on differences in products and services, or if the enterprise has only one operating segment.2.In those situations, revenues derived from transactions with external customers must be disclosed by product or service. B.Information about geographic areas.1.Revenues from external customers and long-lived assets must be reported for (a) the domestic country, (b) all foreign countries in which the enterprise has assets or derives revenues, and (c) each individual foreign country in which the enterprise has material revenues or material long-lived assets. 2.U.S. GAAP does not provide any specific guidance with regard to determining materiality of revenues or long-lived assets; this is left to managements judgment.C.Information about major customers.1.The volume of sales to a single customer must be disclosed if it constitutes 10 percent or more of total sales to unaffiliated customers. 2.The identity of the major customer need not be disclosed.

III.International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) also provide guidance with respect to segment reporting. A.IFRS 8, Operating Segments, is based on U.S. GAAP. Major differences between IFRS 8 and U.S. GAAP are:1.IFRS 8 requires disclosure of total assets and total liabilities by operating segment if these are regularly reported to the chief operating decision maker. U.S. GAAP requires disclosure of segment assets but does not require disclosure of segment liabilities.2.IFRS 8 specifically includes intangibles in the scope of non-current assets to be disclosed by geographic area. Authoritative accounting literature (FASB ASC) indicates that long-lived assets to be disclosed by geographic area excludes intangibles.3.U.S. GAAP requires an entity with a matrix form of organization to determine operating segments based on products and services. IFRS 8 allows such an entity to determine operating segments based on either products and services or geographic areas.

IV.To provide investors and creditors with more timely information than is provided by an annual report, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires publicly traded companies to provide financial statements on an interim (quarterly) basis. A.Quarterly statements need not be audited.

V.FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 270, Interim Reporting (FASB ASC 270) requires companies to treat interim periods as integral parts of an annual period rather than as discrete accounting periods in their own right.A.Generally, interim statements should be prepared following the same accounting principles and practices used in the annual statements.B.However, several items require special treatment for the interim statements to better reflect the expected annual amounts.1.Revenues are recognized for interim periods in the same way as they are on an annual basis.

2.Interim statements should not reflect the effect of a LIFO liquidation if the units of beginning inventory sold are expected to be replaced by year-end; inventory should not be written down to a lower market value if the market value is expected to recover above the inventory's cost by year-end; and planned variances under a standard cost system should not be reflected in interim statements if they are expected to be absorbed by year-end.3.Costs incurred in one interim period but associated with activities or benefits of multiple interim periods (such as advertising and executive bonuses) should be allocated across interim periods on a reasonable basis through accruals and deferrals.4.The materiality of an extraordinary item should be assessed by comparing its amount against the expected income for the full year.5.Income tax related to ordinary income should be computed at an estimated annual effective tax rate; income tax related to an extraordinary item should be calculated at the margin.

VI.FASB ASC 270 provides guidance for reporting changes in accounting principles made in interim periods.A.Unless impracticable to do so, an accounting change is applied retrospectively, that is, prior period financial statements are restated as if the new accounting principle had always been used. B.When an accounting change is made in other than the first interim period, information for the interim periods prior to the change should be reported by retrospectively applying the new accounting principle to these pre-change interim periods.C.If retrospective application of the new accounting principle to interim periods prior to the change of change is impracticable, the accounting change is not allowed to be made in an interim period but may be made only at the beginning of the next fiscal year.

VII.Many companies provide summary financial statements and notes in their interim reports. A.U.S. GAAP imposes minimum disclosure requirements for interim reports.1.Sales, income tax, extraordinary items, cumulative effect of accounting change, and net income.2.Earnings per share.3.Seasonal revenues and expenses.4. Significant changes in estimates or provisions for income taxes.5.Disposal of a business segment and unusual items.6. Contingent items.7. Changes in accounting principles or estimates.8.Significant changes in financial position.B.Disclosure of balance sheet and cash flow information is encouraged but not required. If not included in the interim report, significant changes in the following must be disclosed:1.Cash and cash equivalents.2.Net working capital.3.Long-term liabilities.4. Stockholders' equity.

VIII.Four items of information must also be disclosed by operating segment in interim financial statements: revenues from external customers, intersegment revenues, segment profit or loss, and, if there has been a material change since the annual report, total assets.

IX.IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting, provides guidance in IFRS with respect to interim financial statements.A.Unlike U.S. GAAP, IAS 34 requires each interim period to be treated as a discrete accounting period in terms of the amounts to be recognized. As a result, expenses that are incurred in one quarter are expensed in that quarter even though the expenditure benefits the entire year. And there is no accrual in earlier quarters for expenses expected to be incurred later in the year.

Answer to Discussion Question: How Does a Company Determine Whether a Foreign Country is Material?

In his well-publicized The Numbers Game speech delivered in September 1998, former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt cited materiality as one of five gimmicks used by companies to manage earnings. Although his remarks were not specifically directed toward the issue of geographic segment reporting, the intent was to warn corporate America that materiality should not be used as an excuse for inappropriate accounting. To make the point even more salient, ASC 250-10-S99 (SAB Topic 1.M, Assessing Materiality, originally issued by the SEC as Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 99, Materiality), warns financial statement preparers that reliance on a simple numerical rule of thumb, such as 5% of net income, is not sufficient. And in paragraph QC 11 of Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts (SFAC) 8, the FASB stated the essence of the materiality aspect of relevance as follows: Information is material if omitting it or misstating it could influence decisions that users make on the basis of the financial information of a specific reporting entity.Consequently, the Board cannot specify a uniform quantitative threshold for materiality or predetermine what could be material in a particular situation. Further, ASC 250-10-S99 reminds companies that both quantitative and qualitative factors should be considered in determining materiality. With respect to segment reporting, ASC 250-10-S99 states:

The materiality of a misstatement may turn on where it appears in the financial statements. For example, a misstatement may involve a segment of the registrant's operations. In that instance, in assessing materiality of a misstatement to the financial statements taken as a whole, registrants and their auditors should consider not only the size of the misstatement but also the significance of the segment information to the financial statements taken as a whole. A misstatement of the revenue and operating profit of a relatively small segment that is represented by management to be important to the future profitability of the entity" is more likely to be material to investors than a misstatement in a segment that management has not identified as especially important. In assessing the materiality of misstatements in segment information - as with materiality generally - situations may arise in practice where the auditor will conclude that a matter relating to segment information is qualitatively material even though, in his or her judgment, it is quantitatively immaterial to the financial statements taken as a whole.

Thus, in addition to quantitative factors, such as the relative percentage of total revenues generated in an individual foreign country, companies should consider qualitative factors as well. Qualitative factors that might be relevant in assessing the materiality of a specific foreign country include: the growth prospects in that country and the level of risk associated with doing business in that country.

There are competing arguments for the FASB establishing a significance test for determining material foreign countries. On one hand, such a quantitative materiality test flies in the face of the warning provided in ASC 250-10-S99 and SFAC 8. For example, a 10% of total revenue or long-lived asset test might give companies an excuse to avoid reporting individual countries that would be material for qualitative reasons. Assume that from one year to the next a company increases its revenues in China from 2% of total revenues to 6% of total revenues. Although 6% of total revenues would not meet a 10% test, the relatively large increase in total revenues generated in China could be material in that it could affect an investors assessment of the companys future prospects. This company might be reluctant to disclose information about its revenues in China because of potential competitive harm.

On the other hand, one could argue that if the FASB were to establish a relatively low disclosure threshold of, say, 5% of total revenues, that many countries that financial statement users would deem to be of significance would be disclosed regardless of whether they are deemed material for quantitative or for qualitative reasons. However, it could also result in disclosures being provided that are not material, i.e., capable of influencing decisions made by financial statement users.

In any event, establishing a materiality threshold would be inconsistent with the FASBs conclusion in SFAC 8 that it cannot predetermine what could be material in a particular situation.

Answers to Questions

1.Consolidation presents the account balances of a business combination without regard for the individual component units that comprise the organization. Thus, no distinction can be drawn as to the financial position or operations of the separate enterprises that form the corporate structure. Without a method by which to identify the various individual operations, financial analysis cannot be well refined.

2.The word disaggregated refers to a whole that has been broken apart. Thus, disaggregated financial information is the data of a reporting unit that has been broken down into components so that the separate parts can be identified and studied.

3.According to the FASB, the objective of segment reporting is to provide information to help users of financial statements:a. better understand the enterprises performance,b. better assess its prospects for future net cash flows, and c. make more informed judgments about the enterprise as a whole.

4.Defining segments on the basis of a companys organizational structure removes much of the flexibility and subjectivity associated with defining industry segments under prior standards. In addition, the incremental cost of providing segment information externally should be minimal because that information is already generated for internal use. Analysts should benefit from this approach because it reflects the risks and opportunities considered important by management and allows the analyst to see the company the way it is viewed by management. This should enhance the analysts ability to predict management actions that can significantly affect future cash flows.

5.An operating segment is defined as a component of an enterprise:a.that engages in business activities from which it earns revenues and incurs expenses, b.whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker to assess performance and make resource allocation decisions, and c. for which discrete financial information is available.

6.Two criteria must be considered in this situation to determine an enterprises operating segment. If more than one set of organizational units exists, but there is only one set for which segment managers are held responsible, that set constitutes the operating segments. If segment managers exist for two or more overlapping sets of organizational units, the organizational units based on products and services are defined as the operating segments.

7.The Revenue Test. An operating segment is separately reportable if its total revenues amount to 10 percent or more of the combined total revenues of all operating segments. The Profit or Loss Test. An operating segment is separately reportable if its profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater (in absolute terms) of the combined profits of all profitable segments or the combined losses of all segments reporting a loss.

The Asset Test. An operating segment is separately reportable if its assets comprise 10 percent or more of combined assets of all operating segments.

8.For reportable operating segments, the following information must be disclosed:a.Revenues from sales to unaffiliated customers.b.Revenues from intercompany transfers.c.Profit or loss.d.Interest revenue.e.Interest expense.f.Depreciation, depletion, and amortization expense.g.Other significant noncash items included in profit or loss.h.Unusual items included in profit or loss.i.Income tax expense or benefit.j.Total assets.k.Equity method investments.l.Expenditures for long-lived assets. m.Description of the types of products or services from which the segment derives its revenues.

9.If operating segments are not based upon products or services, or a company has only one operating segment, then revenues from sales to unaffiliated customers must be disclosed for each of the companys products and services. 10.Information must be provided for the domestic country, for all foreign countries in which the company generates revenue or holds assets, and for each foreign country in which the company generates a material amount of revenues or has a material amount of assets.

11.Two items of information must be reported for the domestic country, for all foreign countries in total, and for each foreign country in which the company has material operations: (1) revenues from external customers, and (2) long-lived assets.

12.The minimum number of countries to be reported separately is one: the domestic country. If no single foreign country is material, then all foreign countries would be combined and two lines of information would be reported; one for the United States and one for all foreign countries. U.S. GAAP does not provide any guidelines related to the maximum number of countries to be reported. 13.The existence of a major customer and the related amount of revenues must be disclosed when sales to a single customer are 10 percent or more of consolidated sales.

14.U.S. GAAP requires disclosure of a measure of segment assets, but does not require disclosure of a measure of segment liabilities. IFRS 8 requires disclosure of total assets and total liabilities by segment if such a measure is regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker

15.U.S. publicly traded companies are required to prepare quarterly financial reports to provide investors and creditors with relevant information on a more timely basis than is provided by an annual report.

16.Companies are required to follow an "integral" approach in which each interim period is considered to be an integral part of an annual accounting period, rather than a "discrete" accounting period in its own right. For several items, the integral approach requires deviation from the general rule that the same accounting principles used in preparing annual statements should also be used in preparing interim statements.

17.Cost-of-goods-sold should be adjusted in the interim period to reflect the cost at which the liquidated inventory is expected to be replaced, thus avoiding the effect of the LIFO liquidation on interim period income.

18.Income tax expense related to interim period income is determined by estimating the effective tax rate for the entire year. That rate is then applied to the cumulative pre-tax income earned to date to determine the cumulative income tax to be recognized to date. The amount of income tax recognized in the current interim period is the difference between the cumulative income tax to be recognized to date and the income tax recognized in prior interim periods.

19.When an accounting change occurs in other than the first interim period, information for the pre-change interim periods should be reported based on retrospective application of the new accounting principle. If retrospective application of the new accounting principle to pre-change interim periods is not practicable, the accounting change may be made only at the beginning of the next fiscal year.

20.The following minimum information must be disclosed in an interim report:a.Sales, income tax, extraordinary items, cumulative effect of accounting change, and net income.b.Earnings per share.c.Seasonal revenues and expenses.d. Significant changes in estimates or provisions for income taxes.e.Disposal of a business segment and unusual items.f. Contingent items.g. Changes in accounting principles or estimates.h.Significant changes in the following items of financial position:1.Cash and cash equivalents.2.Net working capital.3.Long-term liabilities.4. Stockholders' equity.

21.Four items of segment information are required to be included in interim reports: revenues from external customers, intersegment revenues, segment profit or loss, and total assets if there has been a material change in assets from the last annual report.

22.Under IAS 34, an annual bonus paid in the fourth quarter of the year would be recognized fully in that quarter. There would be no accrual of an estimated bonus expense in the first three quarters of the year. Under U.S. GAAP, the annual bonus would be estimated at the beginning of the year and a portion of the estimated bonus would be accrued as expense in each of the first three quarters.

Answers to Problems

1. D

2. C

3. A

4. C

5. B

6. D

7. C

8. A

9. B

10. B

11. A

12. C

13.CWith regard to major customers, U.S. GAAP (FASB ASC 280) only requires disclosure of the total amount of revenues from each such customer and the identity of the segment or segments reporting the revenues.

14.D

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.CIf there has been a material change from the last annual report, total assets, but not individual assets, for each operating segment must be disclosed.

20.B

21. C(Determine quantitative threshold under revenue test for reportable segments) Sales to outsiders$20,500Intersegment transfers 3,800 Combined segment revenues$24,30010% criterion x 10% Minimum$ 2,430 22. A(Determine quantitative threshold for disclosure of a major customer) Revenues from a single customer must be disclosed if the amount is 10 percent or more of consolidated sales. Consolidated sales only includes sales to outsiders; intersegment sales are eliminated.

Consolidated sales (combined sales to outsiders)$376,00010% criterion x 10% Minimum$ 37,600

23. D(Determine reportable segments under the profit or loss test)

Total operating losses of $1,020,000 (K and M) are larger than total operating profits of $770,000. Thus, based on the 10 percent criterion, any segment with a profit or loss of $102,000 or more must be separately disclosed. K, O, and P do not meet that standard while L, M, and N do.

24. C(Determine reportable segments under three tests) Revenue TestCombined segment revenues$32,750,00010% criterion x 10% Minimum$ 3,275,000

Segments meeting testA, B, C, E

Profit or Loss TestSince there are no segments with a loss, this test is applied based on total combined segment profit.Combined segment profit$5,800,00010% criterion x 10% Minimum$ 580,000

Segments meeting testA, B, C, E

24. (continued)

Asset TestCombined segment assets$67,500,00010% criterion x 10% Minimum$ 6,750,000

Segments meeting testA, B, C, D, E

Five segments are separately reportable.

25. D

26. B(Determine minimum number of reportable segments under 75% rule) The test to verify that a sufficient number of industry segments is being disclosed is based on revenues generated from unaffiliated customers. The four segments that are to be separately disclosed show outside sales of $520,000 out of a total for the company of $710,000. Since this portion is only 73.2 percent of the companys total, the 75 percent criterion established by the U.S. GAAP has not been met.

27. C(Determine expense amounts to be recognized in interim period)

Depreciation $70,000 x 1/4 = $17,500Bonus$140,000 x 1/4 = 35,000 $52,500

28. C(Determine net income to be reported in interim period)

Income as reported$100,000 Less: Extraordinary loss (recognized in full in the interim period in which it occurs)(20,000)Add: Cumulative effect loss (handled through adjustment of retained earnings balance at the beginning of the year) 16,000 $ 96,000

29. C(Determine bonus expense to be recognized in interim period)

Bonus $1,000,000 x 1/4 = $250,000

30. C(Determine property tax expense to be recognized in interim period)

Property taxes $480,000 x 1/4 = $120,00031. C(Journal entry for property tax expense recognized in interim period)

Dr. Property tax expense$120,000 Prepaid property taxes 360,000Cr. Cash$480,000

32. A(Determine COGS in interim period under LIFO with LIFO liquidation)

5,000 units x $80 = $400,000 300 units x $50 = 15,0005,300 units $415,000

33. C5,000 units x $80 = $400,000 300 units x $82 = 24,6005,300 units $424,600

34.(10 minutes) (Apply the Profit or Loss Test to Determine Reportable Operating Segments)

Calculation of profit or loss.RevenuesIntersegmentOperatingfrom Outsiders TransfersExpensesProfitLoss Cards$1,200,000+$ 100,000 $900,000 = $400,000Calendars900,000+ 200,000 1,350,000 =$250,000Clothing1,000,000700,000= 300,000Books800,000+ 50,000770,000 = 80,000 Total$ 780,000$250,000

Any segment with an absolute amount of profit or loss greater than or equal to $78,000 (10% x $780,000) is separately reportable. Based on this test, each of the four segments must be reported separately.

35.(25 minutes) (Apply the Three Tests Necessary to Determine Reportable Operating Segments)

Revenue Test (numbers in thousands)

SegmentRevenuesPercentagePlastics$ 6,842 61.6% (reportable)Metals 2,561 23.1% (reportable)Lumber 870 7.9%Paper 572 5.2%Finance 243 2.2% Total$11,088100.0%

Profit or Loss Test (numbers in thousands)

SegmentRevenuesExpensesProfitLossPlastics$ 6,842$ 4,290$2,552$ (reportable)Metals 2,561 1,793 768 (reportable)Lumber 870 1,132 262 Paper 572 682 110 Finance 243 133 110 Total$3,430$372

Since $3,430 is larger in absolute terms than $372, it will serve as the basis for testing. Each of the profit or loss figures will be compared to $343 (10% x $3,430).

Asset Test (numbers in thousands)

SegmentAssetsPercentagePlastics$1,588 21.4% (reportable)Metals 3,599 48.4% (reportable)Lumber 524 7.1%Paper 834 11.2% (reportable)Finance 885 11.9% (reportable) Total$7,430100.0%

The plastics, metals, paper, and finance segments meet at least one of the three tests and therefore are reportable.

36.(20 minutes) (A Variety of Computational Questions about Operating Segment and Major Customer Testing)

a.Total revenues for Fairfield (including intersegment revenues) amount to $4,200,000. Minimum revenues for required disclosure are 10% or $420,000.

b. Disclosure of operating segments is considered adequate only if the separately reported segments have sales to unaffiliated customers that comprise 75% or more of total consolidated sales. In this situation that requirement is met. Red, Blue, and Green have total sales to outsiders of $3,137,000 (or 86%) of total consolidated sales of $3,666,000. Thus, disclosure of these three segments would be adequate.

c.Major customer disclosure is based on a level of sales to unaffiliated customers of at least 10% or, for Fairfield, $366,600 ($3,666,000 x 10%).

d.This test is based on the greater (in absolute terms) of profits or losses. In this problem, the total profit of Red, Blue, Green, and White ($1,971,000) is greater than the total loss of Pink and Black ($316,000). Therefore, any segment with a profit or loss of $197,100 or more (10% x $1,971,000) is reportable. Using this standard, Red, Blue, Black, and White are of significant size.

37.(25 minutes) (Apply the three tests necessary to determine reportable operating segments and determine whether a sufficient number of segments is reported)

Revenue Test (numbers in thousands)SegmentRevenuesPercentageBooks$ 205 9.3%Computers 936 42.3% (reportable)Maps 455 20.6% (reportable)Travel 432 19.5% (reportable)Finance 184 8.3% Total$2,212100.0%

Profit or Loss Test (numbers in thousands)

SegmentRevenuesExpensesProfitLossBooks$ 205$ 218$ 13Computers 936 899$ 37(reportable)Maps 455 400 55(reportable)Travel 432 284 148(reportableFinance 184 132 52 (reportable) Total$2,212$1,933$292$ 13

This test is based on the greater (in absolute amount) of total profit from profitable segments or total loss from segments with a loss. In this case, any segment with profit or loss greater than or equal to $29,200 (10% x $292,000) is separately reportable. Asset Test (numbers in thousands)

SegmentAssetsPercentageBooks$ 206 6.1%Computers 1,378 40.5% (reportable)Maps 248 7.3% Travel 326 9.6% Finance 1,240 36.5% (reportable) Total$3,398100.0%

37. (continued)

Test for Sufficient Number of Segments Being Reported

Four of Masons segments (computers, maps, travel, and finance) meet at least one of the tests carried out above. To determine whether a sufficient number of segments is being reported, revenues from unaffiliated parties for these four segments must comprise at least 75% of total consolidated revenues. Consolidated revenues (sales to outside parties and interest income-external) for the company amount to $1,644. These four segments do make up over 75% (actually $1,463 or 89%) of this total. Therefore, this company is presenting disaggregated information for enough of its segments. Segment Sales to Outsiders Computers$ 696Maps 416Travel 314Finance 37 Total$1,463

38. (15 minutes) (Apply materiality tests adopted by a company to determine countries to be reported separately)

Revenue Test (sales to unaffiliated parties)

United States$4,610,000 80.3%Spain 395,000 6.9%Italy 272,000 4.7%Greece 463,000 8.1% Total$5,740,000100.0%

Long-lived Asset Test

United States$1,894,000 83.7%Spain 191,000 8.4%Italy 106,000 4.7%Greece 72,000 3.2% Total$2,263,000100.0%

None of the individual foreign countries meets either the revenue or long-lived asset materiality test, so no foreign country must be reported separately. However, information must be presented for the United States separately and for all foreign countries combined.

39. (20 minutes) (Allocate costs incurred in one quarter that benefit the entire year and determine income tax expense

39. (continued)

40.(15 minutes) (Treatment of accounting change made in other than first interim period)

Retrospective application of the FIFO method results in the following restatements of income for 2014 and the first quarter of 2015:

201420151st Q.2nd Q.3rd Q.4th Q.1st Q.Sales$10,000$12,000$14,000$16,000$18,000Cost of goods sold (FIFO)3,8004,6005,2006,0007,400Operating expenses2,0002,2002,6003,0003,200Income before income taxes4,2005,2006,2007,0007,400Income taxes (40%)1,6802,0802,4802,8002,960Net income $2,520$3,120$3,720$4,200$4,440

Net income in the second quarter of 2015 is $4,560 [$20,000 9,000 3,400 = $7,600 3,040 (40%) = $4,560].

The accounting change is reflected in the second quarter of 2015, with year-to-date information, and comparative information for similar periods in 2014 as follows:

Three Months EndedSix Months EndedJune 30June 302014201520142015Net income$3,120$4,560$5,640$9,000Net income per common share $3.12$4.56$5.64$9.00

41. (10 minutes) (LIFO liquidation in interim report)

Determination of Cost-of-Goods-Sold and Gross Profit

Sales (110,000 units @ $20)$2,200,000Cost-of-goods-sold 100,000 units @ $14$1,400,000 10,000 units @ $15 (replacement cost) 150,000 1,550,000Gross profit$650,000

Journal Entries to Record Sales and Cost-of-Goods-Sold

Dr. Cash or Accounts Receivable$2,200,000Cr. Sales Revenue$2,200,000Dr. Cost-of-goods-sold$1,550,000Cr. Inventory$1,520,000 Excess of Replacement Cost over Historical Cost of LIFO Liquidation 30,000

To record cost-of-goods-sold with a historical cost of $1,520,000 and an excess of replacement cost over historical cost for beginning inventory liquidated of $30,000 (($15 $12) x 10,000 units).

Develop Your Skills

Research Case 1Segment Reporting (60 minutes)

This assignment requires the student to select a company and find the note on operating segments in that companys annual report. The responses to this assignment will depend upon the company selected by the student for analysis.

Research Case 2Interim Reporting (60 minutes)

This assignment requires students to select a company, find the most recent quarterly report for that company, and then determine whether the company provides the minimum disclosure required as listed in the text. The responses to this assignment will depend upon the company selected by the student for analysis.

Research Case 3Operating Segments (60 minutes)

This assignment requires students to find the note on operating segments in each company's annual report, determine three items of information (answer three questions) from those notes, and prepare a written summary of their findings. The primary objective of this requirement is to help students develop their ability to present such findings in a written format. In answering these questions, students will become familiar with the different formats and terminology used by companies in providing operating segment information. The answers to these questions will change depending upon the most recent annual report available on the companys website. The following general observations indicate how these questions might be answered.

1.The two most important operating segments in terms of percentage of total revenues.The answer to this question is determined by calculating the ratio segment revenues/total segment revenues for each segment of each company. Companies might use different terms to describe revenues including net sales and net sales to external customers. Companies are required to disclose both revenues from sales to external customers and revenues from intersegment sales. This question should be answered using revenues from sales to external customers if reported separately. In 2012, each of the four companies defined operating segments on the basis of products/services.

2. The two operating segments with the largest growth in revenues.This question is answered by calculating the ratio (current year segment revenues previous year segment revenues)/previous year segment revenues for each segment of each company. 3. The two most profitable operating segments in terms of profit margin.This question is answered by calculating the ratio segment profit/segment revenues for each segment of each company (again using revenues from sales to external customers if separately reported). Segment profit goes under a variety of names including operating earnings, income from continuing operations, standard margin, and operating profit. Some companies might provide information for more than one measure of profit, e.g., income before income taxes and operating income, in which case the instructor might wish to indicate which measure of profit to consider in answering this question. There is no right or wrong measure of profit to use. General Electric does not include segment profit in its operating segment note, but instead (in 2012) refers the reader to a Summary of Operating Segments table (on page 44 of the annual report), which is part of Management's Discussion and Analysis.After reviewing the information provided by each of these companies in its segment note, instructors might wish to add additional questions to this assignment. For example, do these companies use generally accepted accounting principles in preparing segment information? Does each company provide a reconciliation to consolidated totals?

Research Case 4Comparability of Geographic Area Information (60 minutes)

This assignment requires students to find the note on geographic areas in each company's annual report and then prepare a report describing the comparability of this information. In preparing this assignment, students will see the different formats used by companies in providing this information, and the different levels of detail on geographic areas provided. The comparability of this information will change depending upon the most recent annual report available on the companys website. The following comparison based upon the 2011 annual reports represents the type of analysis students might perform in solving this assignment.

Geographic Areas Reported by Four Pharmaceutical Companies Bristol-Myers SquibbEli LillyMerckPfizerU.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.EuropeEurope----E/ME/A----Developed EuropeJapan, Asia Pacific, andCanada----JapanJapan-Latin America, Middle East,and Africa---Emerging Markets--Emerging Markets---Developed Rest of WorldOtherOtherOther-

The only geographic area that can be directly compared across these four pharmaceutical companies is the United States. Bristol-Myers Squibb provides somewhat more detailed information than the other companies. Only Eli Lilly and Merck report an individual country (Japan) other than the U.S. Issues that could be discussed include different quantitative thresholds used by companies in determining what is a material country, and the fact that disclosure of geographic areas aggregated above the individual country level (e.g., E/ME/A, Emerging Markets) is not required. One can assume that Bristol-Myers Squibb does not have a material amount of revenues or assets in any single country and voluntarily provides information on a more aggregated, regional basis. The same appears to be true for Pfizer. Eli Lilly and Merck provide information for a combination of both individual countries (Japan) and aggregated regional area (Europe, E/ME/A). Pfizer has perhaps the most different basis for determining geographic areas, focusing on developed vs. emerging markets.

Evaluation CaseOperating Segment Disclosures (60 minutes)

1.Two questions must be considered in evaluating CHICs operating segment disclosures: (a) have reportable operating segments been appropriately determined, e.g., is it appropriate to combine the Helicopters and Ships divisions into one segment designated as Other, and (b) are the disclosures provided for each segment in compliance with FASB ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting?

With respect to question (a), ASC 280 allows (but does not require) segments to be combined if they have essentially the same business activities in essentially the same economic environments. In determining whether business activities and environments are similar, management must consider these aggregation criteria:

1.The nature of the products and services provided by each operating segment.2.The nature of the production process.3.The type or class of customer.4.The distribution methods.5.If applicable, the nature of the regulatory environment.

Segments must be similar in each and every one of these areas to be combined.

The facts of this case indicate that the types of customers and method used to distribute products differ across the four divisions, and each division must comply with industry-specific regulations. Thus, the Helicopters and Ships divisions may not be combined into one reportable segment on the basis of having essentially the same business activities in essentially the same economic environments. The Helicopters and Ships divisions still could be combined into a single Other category if neither division meets any of the quantitative thresholds for disclosure as a separate segment. Revenue test: Total segment revenues are $11,171,005; thus, any segment with more than $1,117,100 in sales is separately reportable. Automobiles, Trucks, and Helicopters meet this threshold.Profit (loss) test: Total segment profits of $ 1,686,700 ($881,292 + $456,530 + $348,878) exceed total segment losses of $58,879, thus any segment with profit or loss greater than $168,670 is separately reportable. Automobiles, Trucks, and Helicopters meet this threshold.Asset test: Total segment assets are $9,993,830, thus any segment with assets greater than $999,383 is separately reportable. All four segments, including Ships, meet this threshold.As a result of applying these tests, each division must be reported as a separate segment; combining Helicopters and Ships into one segment does not comply with ASC 280.

With respect to question (b), Note X. Operating Segments prepared by CHICs accountant fails to disclose information for the Helicopters and Ships segments separately. Note X. also fails to separately disclose revenues from sales to outside parties and revenues from intersegment sales, as well expenditures for additions to long-lived assets and depreciation and amortization. Interest expense and income taxes need not be disclosed by segment because these items are not reported by segment to the chief operating decision maker. CHICs accountant also has neglected to provide a reconciliation of segment amounts to consolidated totals.

2.The disclosures required under ASC 280 could be provided in the following manner:

Accounting Standards Case 1 Segment Reporting (15 minutes)

Source of guidance: FASB ASC 280-10-55-2: Segment Reporting; Overall; Implementation Guidance and Illustrations; Operating Segments - Equity Method Investees

ASC 280-10-55-2 states An equity method investee could be considered an operating segment, if, under the specific facts and circumstances being considered, it meets the definition of an operating segment, even though the investor has no control over the performance of the investee. Thus, in response to the questions asked in the case:(a)an equity method investment can be treated as an operating segment for financial reporting purposes, (b)under the conditions that it meets the definition of an operating segment, that is, (1) it engages in business activities from which it earns revenues and incurs expenses, (2) the chief operating decision maker regularly reviews its operating results to assess performance and make resource allocation decision, and (3) its discrete financial information is available.

Accounting Standards Case 2Interim Reporting (15 minutes)

Source of guidance: FASB ASC 270-10-50-6: Interim Reporting; Overall; Disclosure; Contingencies

Contingencies that could be expected to affect the fairness of presentation of financial data at an interim date must be disclosed in interim reports in the same manner required for annual reports.

The materiality of a contingency should be judged in relation to annual financial statements.

Analysis CaseWalmart Interim and Segment Reporting (60 minutes)

1. Assess the seasonal nature of Walmarts sales and income for the company as a whole and by operating segment.

The excerpt from Note 17 Quarterly Financial Data shows that Walmart experienced a significant increase in net sales and income in the quarter ended January 31 over the previous three quarters of the year. This is not surprising given that this quarter includes the holiday season.

Operating income for the quarter ended January 31 can be determined for each segment by subtracting the amounts reported in the three quarterly reports from the amounts reported in Note 15 Segments.

These results show the seasonal nature of the companys two largest segments (Walmart U.S. and Walmart International), with a significantly larger amount of operating income generated in the quarter ended January 31 than in the other quarters.

2. Assess Walmarts profitability by quarter and by segment.

Note 17 can be used to assess profitability in terms of profit margin (Income from continuing operations/Net sales) by quarter.

These results indicate that profit margins are highest in the fourth quarter of the year, the quarter with the largest percentage of total sales.

Note 15 can be used to assess profitability in terms of operating profit margin (Operating income/Net sales) and return on assets (Operating income/Total assets of continuing operations) by segment.

These results indicate that Walmart U.S. by far is the most profitable segment for Walmart Stores, Inc. Although the Walmart International segment has a reasonable Operating Profit Margin (4.94%), that segments Return on Assets is very low (7.64%). Return on Assets must be interpreted with caution, however, because the ending balance in Total Assets of Continuing Operations is used in the denominator of the ratio rather than the average amount of Total Assets for the year. The Walmart International segments Return on Assets (7.64%) is understated, for example, if a significant portion of Total Assets was acquired late in the year.

Excel CaseCoca-Cola Geographic Segment Information (60 minutes)

1. The ratios required to be calculated for the Coca-Cola Company are as follows:

Percentage of total net revenues2011%2010%

Eurasia & Africa 2,841 7.21% 2,556 9.00%

Europe 5,474 13.89% 5,249 18.48%

Latin America 4,690 11.90% 4,121 14.51%

North America 20,571 52.19% 11,20539.45%

Pacific 5,838 14.81% 5,271 18.56%

Total 39,414 100.00% 28,402 100.00%

Percentage growth in total net revenues2010 to 20112009 to 2010

Eurasia & Africa11.15%16.34%

Europe4.29%0.88%

Latin America13.81%6.16%

North America83.59%35.47%

Pacific10.76%8.12%

Operating income as a percentage of

total net revenues (profit margin)20112010

Eurasia & Africa38.40%38.34%

Europe56.45%56.70%

Latin America60.02%58.36%

North America11.27%13.57%

Pacific36.84%38.85%

2. There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Students could argue that Latin America and Europe would be the areas of the world in which to expand because profit margin is highest in these areas. There would seem to be more room to expand in Latin America given that this area has a slightly smaller percentage of total net revenues than Europe. In addition, revenue growth in Europe has been small in the most recent two years, so expansion might not be feasible in this region. Eurasia & Africa and Pacific also have relatively high profit margins. The company generates the smallest percentage of total revenues in Eurasia & Africa, so perhaps there is an opportunity for growth in this area.

3. There is a great deal of non-accounting information that one would need to determine a specific region of the world in which to focus expansion. For example, one might need to gather information to answer the following questions: Is there a sufficiently large population with enough disposable income to be able to purchase the companys products? Are raw materials available locally? Is there a well-developed transportation infrastructure that would allow the products to be brought to consumers at a reasonable cost? Do local customs, culture, religion, etc. affect drinking habits, especially the consumption of soft drinks?