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The CPA Business Analysis and Reporting (BAR) discipline focuses on advanced, high-level accounting, analyzing financial data for decision-making, and specialized reporting (10-20% gov't).

Key concepts include financial statement analysis, cost/variance analysis, complex technical reporting (consolidations, derivatives, leases), and government-wide financial statement conversion.

CPA BAR Key Concepts

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1. The amount of raw materials left over from a production process or production cycle for which there is no further use is

Financial Trends
Revenue Capacity
Debt Capacity
Demographic Info
Operating Info
10 years of selected data is requiredAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp ExpenseWastea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per year

2. Economic Order Quantity Model

a model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearWasteAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp ExpenseFinancial Trends
Revenue Capacity
Debt Capacity
Demographic Info
Operating Info
10 years of selected data is required

3. Accounting for SARs - LIABILITY CLASSIFIED SHARE-BASED AWARDS

At each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp ExpenseWasteFinancial Trends
Revenue Capacity
Debt Capacity
Demographic Info
Operating Info
10 years of selected data is requireda model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per year

4. Statistical section of the CAFR contents

a model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearFinancial Trends
Revenue Capacity
Debt Capacity
Demographic Info
Operating Info
10 years of selected data is requiredWasteAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expense

5. ROU asset includes

WasteAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp ExpenseLease Liability plus initial direct costs incurred by the lessee (ex. Bonus, brokerage commissions, etc.)a model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per year

6. Dividend Yield Formula

dividends per share/market price per sharea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearWasteAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expense

7. Degree of Total Leverage Formula

WasteAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp ExpenseDOL * DFL or % change in EPS/% change in salesa model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per year

8. Formula for learning curve analysis

At each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expensea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearAverage Time Taken per Unit = Time taken to produce initial quantity * (cumulative units of production ^ slope of the learning curve index)Waste

9. What's a flexible budget variance?

At each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expensea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearWasteThe difference between the flexible budget and the actual amount for a given category

10. According to ERM, when assessing risks management should consider:

(1) the risk capacity, (2) the risk appetite, (3) the inherent risk, (4) the target residual risk, (5) the risk response, (6) the actual residual risk, and (7) the risk inventory.At each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expensea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearWaste

11. Good quick ratio

a model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp ExpenseWaste1 or above

12. Direct Labor Rate Variance

At each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp ExpenseWasteActual Hours (Actual Rate - Standard Rate)a model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per year

13. Expenditures of a government for insurance extending over more than one accounting period

At each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp ExpenseWasteMay be allocated among periods or accounted for as expenditures when acquired.a model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per year

14. Determinants of demand acronym

RITEN - Related goods, income of consumers, tastes of consumers, expectations of consumers, number of buyersWastea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expense

15. Variable Overhead Spending Variance

WasteAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expensea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearActual Variable Overhead Cost - (AQ of allocation base x SP budgeted application rate)

16. How do we treat a reserve for bond retirement in ROE equations?

At each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expensea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearWasteIt's part of total equity! So make sure to include it in the denominator.

17. The theory underlying the cost of capital is primarily concerned with the cost of

WasteAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp ExpenseLong-term funds and new funds.a model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per year

18. Encumbrance J/E

Db Encumbrance
Cr Budgetary Fund Balance -- Reserve for EncumbrancesWastea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expense

19. Residual Income

Wastea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearNet Operating Income BEFORE TAX - (Average Operating Assets/Invested Capital * Minimum Required Rate of Return/WACC)At each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expense

20. Direct Materials Price Variance

Wastea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per year(actual price - standard price) x actual quantity PURCHASEDAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expense

21. According to COSO, which of the following provides oversight of an entity's enterprise risk management (ERM)?

At each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp ExpenseWastea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearBOD

22. When is property tax revenue recognized?

When it's legally enforceable - in the period levieda model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearWasteAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expense

23. Order of Preparation for Pro Forma Financial Statements

Sales, Production, COGS, Nonmanufacturing, IS, Capital Expenditures, SCFWastea model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expense

24. A company that uses a process costing system inspects its goods at the 60% stage of completion. If the firm's ending work-in-process inventory is 80% complete, how would the firm account for its normal and abnormal spoilage?

Normal spoilage costs would be allocated between the cost of good units completed during the period and the ending work-in-process inventory. In contrast, abnormal spoilage costs would be written off as a loss.a model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per yearWasteAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expense

25. A risk profile is a composite view of

WasteAt each reporting date, you assess the FV of the SARs and how much of the vesting period has lapsed. Comp expense and SAR liability will be recognized at # of SARs FV as of reporting date (amount of vesting period elapsed/total vesing period) - any previously recognized expense. This can lead to a negative, and then you'd debit SAR liability and credit Comp Expense(1) the types, severity, and interdependencies of risks related to a specific strategy or business objective and (2) their effect on performance.a model that identifies the optimum number of items to order per order to minimize the costs of managing (ordering, storing, and using) them = SQRT(2OD/c) - O = Order Cost, D = Demand in units per year, c = carrying costs per unit per year

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