Case 15

Wilma Reynolds, CPA, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants(AICPA), is controller of Premium Corporation, a publicly owned enterprise with a now- 60%-owned subsidiary, Service Company. Reynolds has informed Premium’s chief financial officer, Wayne Cartwright, that the $150,000 increase in Premium’s investment in Service, which resulted from Service’s just-completed issuance of additional common stock to the public, should be recognized as an increase in Premium’s additional paid-in capital, in accordance with a proposed standard of the FASB. Cartwright countered that

Topic 5-H of the SEC Staff Accounting Bulletins (SAB), which is based on SAB 51 and SAB 84, sanctions recognition of the $150,000 increase as non-operating income of Premium.

Cartwright expressed the belief that because the SEC has statutory authority to establish accounting standards, its pronouncements should prevail over those proposed or issued by the FASB.

Instructions

Do you agree with Wayne Cartwright? In formulating your answer, consider the following:

Any Guideline issued by the

International Financial Accounting Standard Board

Financial Accounting Standard Board

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