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- Date Submitted: 11/29/2010 02:39 PM
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As the company’s representing accounting firm we have some information about your current situation. The information that follows should help you with any questions that you may have about the lass that you will have as a consequence of the pending lawsuit and the Chapter 11 bankruptcy that the company might go through. We will also help you with any other issues you might have during this process.
Contingencies are possible future events that will have some impact on the company; in your company’s case you are anticipating a loss contingency. Due to this loss contingency that has been created from the lawsuit, there are reporting requirements that were created by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 5. “Under SFAS No. 5 a loss contingency must be accrued only if the loss is both probable with the asset being impaired and some kind of liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonable estimated (“New Loss Contingency Disclosure Standards,” 2009)”. If the company’s loss contingency is remote in its future happenings, disclosure/accruals are not required. Instead, a footnote of the loss contingency should be made about the lawsuit. It is important for the company to inform the investors of the lawsuit and the loss outcome of the suit. For the purposes of the company’s financial report, if there is not reasonable estimate for the loss they should disclose a footnote about the lawsuit. Then when the lawsuit is resolved and the company knows the amount of the loss they can disclose the amount of the loss due to the lawsuit. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5 must be followed when contingencies are present within a company.
If there is a less than favorable outcome with the pending litigation, the cash flow of the company will come into some type of stress. That it might reach the point of considering a legal remedy relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, allowing the company to...
Contingencies are possible future events that will have some impact on the company; in your company’s case you are anticipating a loss contingency. Due to this loss contingency that has been created from the lawsuit, there are reporting requirements that were created by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 5. “Under SFAS No. 5 a loss contingency must be accrued only if the loss is both probable with the asset being impaired and some kind of liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonable estimated (“New Loss Contingency Disclosure Standards,” 2009)”. If the company’s loss contingency is remote in its future happenings, disclosure/accruals are not required. Instead, a footnote of the loss contingency should be made about the lawsuit. It is important for the company to inform the investors of the lawsuit and the loss outcome of the suit. For the purposes of the company’s financial report, if there is not reasonable estimate for the loss they should disclose a footnote about the lawsuit. Then when the lawsuit is resolved and the company knows the amount of the loss they can disclose the amount of the loss due to the lawsuit. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5 must be followed when contingencies are present within a company.
If there is a less than favorable outcome with the pending litigation, the cash flow of the company will come into some type of stress. That it might reach the point of considering a legal remedy relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, allowing the company to...