Reference no: EM13692730

Question 1
J.J. Heva Company is an American company that prepares its financial statements under US GAAP. In 2014, the company reported income of $5,000,000 wit stockholders' equity of $40,000,000 on December 31, 2014. In anticipation of possible adoption of IFRS by the US companies, the management wishes to explore possible impacts of the conversion on the company's financial statements. You are hired to prepare a reconciliation schedule to convert 2014 income as well as stockholders' equity on December 31, 2014 from US GAAP basis to IFRS. The following information is provided by the company's accounting department:

1) In 2012, the company's pension plan was amended and consequently created a past service cost of $75,000. Half of the past service cost was attributable to already vested employees who had an average remaining service life of 15 years, and half of the past service cost was attributable to non-vested employees who, on average, had two more years until vesting. The company has no retired employees.

2) In 2014, the company entered into a contract to provide engineering services to a long term customer over a 12-month period. The fixed price is $300,000 and the company estimates with high degree of reliability that the project is 30 percent complete at the end of 2014.

3) The company publicly announced a restructuring plan in 2014 and created a valid expectation on the part of the employees to be terminated that the company will carry out the restructuring. The estimated cost of restructuring is $500,000. No legal obligation to restructure exists as of December 31, 2014.

4) Stock options were granted to key officers on January 1, 2014. The grant date fair value per option was $10, and a total of 9,000 options were granted. The options vest in equal installments over three years: one-third in 2013, one-third in 2014, and one-third in 2015. A straight line method is utilized to recognize compensation expense related to stock options.

5) On January 1, 2013, the company issued $10,000,000 of 5% bonds at par value that matures in five years on December 31, 2017. Costs incurred in issuing the bonds were $500,000. Interest is paid on bonds annually. Assume the effective interest rate is 6.193%.

Make sure your reconciliation statement is accompanied by an adequate explanation and reference for every one of your adjustments. Ignore income taxes.

Question 2:
Kiki Corporation, a US company, prepares its financial statements under US GAAP. For 2014, the company reported $1,000,000 income and stockholders' equity balance of $8,000,000 on December 31, 2014. In preparation for a possible adoption of IFRS by the US companies, the management wishes to explore possible impacts of the move. You are engaged to prepare a reconciliation schedule to convert 2014 income as well as stockholders' equity on December 31, 2014 from US GAAP basis to IFRS. The following information is provided by the company's accounting department:

1) In 2010, the company acquired a brand with a fair value of $50,000. The brand was booked as an intangible asset with an indefinite life. At the end of 2014, the brand had a selling value of $46,000 with zero selling expense. Expected future cash flows from continued use of the brand are $52,000 and the present value of the expected future cash flows is $43,000.

2) In 2014, Kiki Corporation incurred research and development costs of $200,000. Of this amount, 45% related to development activities subsequent to the point at which criteria had been met indicating that an intangible asset existed. As of the end of 2014, development of the new product had not been completed.

3) At the end of 2014, Kiki Corporation had an inventory item with a historical cost of $250,000, a replacement cost of $170,000, a net realizable value of $190,000, and a normal profit margin of 20 percent.

4) In January 2012, the company realized a gain on the sale-and-leaseback of an office building in the amount of $150,000. The lease is accounted for as an operating lease, and the term of the lease is five years.

5) The company acquired a building at the beginning of 2013 at a cost of $2,750,000. The building has an estimated useful life of 25 years, an estimated residual value of $500,000, and is being depreciated on a straight-line basis. At the beginning of 2014, the building was appraised and determined to have a fair value of $3,250,000. There is no change in estimated useful life or residual value. In a switch to IFRS, the company would use revaluation model in IAS 16 to determine the carrying value of property, plant, and equipment subsequent to acquisition.

Make sure your reconciliation statement is accompanied by an adequate explanation and reference for every one of your adjustments. Ignore income taxes.