FASB Has Set Forth All of the Following Conditions for Recognizing

question 38

Multiple Choice

FASB has set forth all of the following conditions for recognizing transfers of receivables as sales only if the following conditions of surrendering control of the receivables are met except :

• A) The assets transferred have been isolated from the selling firm.
• B) The buying firm obtains the right to pledge or exchange the transferred assets, and no condition both constrains the transferee from taking advantage of its right and provides more than a trivial benefit to the transferor.
• C) The selling firm does not maintain effective control over the assets transferred through (a) an agreement that both entitles and obligates it to repurchase the assets or (b) the ability to unilaterally cause the transferee to return specific assets.
• D) A creditor of the selling firm can access the receivables in the event of the seller's bankruptcy.

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Definitions:

Book Value

The value of an asset according to its balance sheet account balance, taking into account the cost of the asset minus depreciation.

Depreciation

is an accounting method that allocates the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life, reflecting the asset's consumption, wear and tear, or obsolescence.

Double-Declining-Balance Rate

A method of accelerated depreciation that doubles the rate at which an asset's value is reduced, resulting in higher depreciation expenses in the initial years of the asset's life.

Straight-Line Rate

The method of calculating equal depreciation expenses for an asset over its useful life.