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ACC 300 · Meeting 5 · Tue 9/15

Interpreting reported financial information

58 slides · Unit 1 · Optional Kieso: Chapter 1, sections 1.1-1.2; Chapter 2, sections 2.1-2.4 · Meeting overview

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  1. Slide 1. Before-class trivia
  2. Slide 2. Interpreting reported financial information
  3. Slide 3. From transactions to financial statements
  4. Slide 4. What can an outside reader inspect?
  5. Slide 5. What does this amount represent?
  6. Slide 6. Interpret reported financial information
  7. Slide 7. Use context that fits the question
  8. Slide 8. Define the filing question
  9. Slide 9. Choose the report for the question
  10. Slide 10. Which filing fits the question?
  11. Slide 11. Select the matching period
  12. Slide 12. Watch the filing search
  13. Slide 13. Select the annual report
  14. Slide 14. A Form 10-K uses four parts
  15. Slide 15. Open the financial statements
  16. Slide 16. Locate Microsoft receivables
  17. Slide 17. Find the receivables line
  18. Slide 18. Identify the reported amount
  19. Slide 19. Read the net label
  20. Slide 20. Read the complete row
  21. Slide 21. Read the complete row · focus on the net balance
  22. Slide 22. Read the allowance disclosure
  23. Slide 23. Read the opinion's scope
  24. Slide 24. Separate three conclusions
  25. Slide 25. What does the opinion support?
  26. Slide 26. The opinion addresses the statements
  27. Slide 27. Early GPT struggled with CPA questions
  28. Slide 28. The 2023 results varied by subject
  29. Slide 29. The work changed as models improved
  30. Slide 30. Find a disclosure you cannot name
  31. Slide 31. When you do not know the row
  32. Slide 32. Ten questions before a tool acts
  33. Slide 33. Decide when the answer is ready
  34. Slide 34. Find future-capacity commitments
  35. Slide 35. Two places to check
  36. Slide 36. Which answer can the filing support?
  37. Slide 37. The rows have different scopes
  38. Slide 38. Read the reported commitments
  39. Slide 39. Read what each row includes
  40. Slide 40. Revise the claim, not the filing
  41. Slide 41. What is wrong with the total?
  42. Slide 42. The claim exceeds the disclosure
  43. Slide 43. State the finding and its limit
  44. Slide 44. Know when to stop or ask
  45. Slide 45. When is the AI task complete?
  46. Slide 46. A bounded answer is complete
  47. Slide 47. Use the method on another filing
  48. Slide 48. Finish Unit 1; prepare for Unit 2
  49. Slide 49. More about public reporting
  50. Slide 50. Form 10-Q remains quarterly
  51. Slide 51. Choose the source for the question
  52. Slide 52. Filed and furnished are different
  53. Slide 53. The CIK identifies the registrant
  54. Slide 54. Return to an adjustment
  55. Slide 55. Record expired insurance
  56. Slide 56. Record the adjustment
  57. Slide 57. Trace the statement effects
  58. Slide 58. Explain the statement effects

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Open the annual report Slides 1–13

  1. 1 Before-class trivia
  2. 2 Interpreting reported financial information
  3. 3 From transactions to financial statements
  4. 4 What can an outside reader inspect?
  5. 5 What does this amount represent?
  6. 6 Interpret reported financial information
  7. 7 Use context that fits the question
  8. 8 Define the filing question
  9. 9 Choose the report for the question
  10. 10 Which filing fits the question?
  11. 11 Select the matching period
  12. 12 Watch the filing search
  13. 13 Select the annual report

Read the statement, note, and opinion Slides 14–26

  1. 14 A Form 10-K uses four parts
  2. 15 Open the financial statements
  3. 16 Locate Microsoft receivables
  4. 17 Find the receivables line
  5. 18 Identify the reported amount
  6. 19 Read the net label
  7. 20 Read the complete row
  8. 21 Read the complete row · focus on the net balance
  9. 22 Read the allowance disclosure
  10. 23 Read the opinion's scope
  11. 24 Separate three conclusions
  12. 25 What does the opinion support?
  13. 26 The opinion addresses the statements

Why test AI on a filing? Slides 27–29

  1. 27 Early GPT struggled with CPA questions
  2. 28 The 2023 results varied by subject
  3. 29 The work changed as models improved

Find unfamiliar commitments with AI Slides 30–39

  1. 30 Find a disclosure you cannot name
  2. 31 When you do not know the row
  3. 32 Ten questions before a tool acts
  4. 33 Decide when the answer is ready
  5. 34 Find future-capacity commitments
  6. 35 Two places to check
  7. 36 Which answer can the filing support?
  8. 37 The rows have different scopes
  9. 38 Read the reported commitments
  10. 39 Read what each row includes

Test a claim and finish the answer Slides 40–47

  1. 40 Revise the claim, not the filing
  2. 41 What is wrong with the total?
  3. 42 The claim exceeds the disclosure
  4. 43 State the finding and its limit
  5. 44 Know when to stop or ask
  6. 45 When is the AI task complete?
  7. 46 A bounded answer is complete
  8. 47 Use the method on another filing

Reading and practice Slides 48–48

  1. 48 Finish Unit 1; prepare for Unit 2

Reserve filing context Slides 49–53

  1. 49 More about public reporting
  2. 50 Form 10-Q remains quarterly
  3. 51 Choose the source for the question
  4. 52 Filed and furnished are different
  5. 53 The CIK identifies the registrant

Reserve adjustment review Slides 54–58

  1. 54 Return to an adjustment
  2. 55 Record expired insurance
  3. 56 Record the adjustment
  4. 57 Trace the statement effects
  5. 58 Explain the statement effects