Question

Bronson Co.'s accounting department is implementing a new general ledger software package. The system provides definitions that enable it to automatically segregate between current and noncurrent assets. The company has no clearly defined operating cycle. Which section of the authoritative guidance should Bronson use to determine the appropriate time period to use as a basis for classifying current assets? Enter your response in the answer fields below. Guidance on correctly structuring your response appears above and below the answer fields. Type the topic here. Correctly formatted FASB ASC topics are 3 digits. FASB ASC

Answer 1

FASB 78 is used to determine the appropriate period to use as a basis for classifying current assets.

"Current Assets and Current Liabilities," to specify the balance sheet classification of obligations that, by their terms, are or will be due on demand within one year (or operating cycle, if longer) from the balance sheet date. It also specifies the classification of long-term obligations that are or will be callable by the creditor either because the debtor's violation of a provision of the debt agreement at the balance sheet date makes the obligation callable or because the violation, if not cured within a specified grace period, will make the obligation callable. Such callable obligations are to be classified as current liabilities unless one of the following conditions is met:

The creditor has waived or subsequently lost the right to demand repayment for more than one year from the balance sheet date.
For long-term obligations containing a grace period within which the debtor may cure the violation, it is probable that the violation will be cured within that period, thus preventing the obligation from becoming callable.
Short-term obligations expected to be refinanced on a long-term basis, including those callable obligations discussed herein, continue to be classified in accordance with FASB Statement No. 6, Classification of Short-Term Obligations Expected to Be Refinanced. This Statement is effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1983 and for interim periods within those fiscal years.