19. When an accounting change is reported under the retrospective approach, prior years' financial statements are:
A. Revised to reflect the use of the new principle.
B. Reported as previously prepared.
C. Left unchan
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19. When an accounting change is reported under the retrospective approach, prior years' financial statements are:
A. Revised to reflect the use of the new principle.
B. Reported as previously prepared.
C. Left unchanged.
D. Adjusted using prior period adjustment procedures.
20. Regardless of the type of accounting change that occurs, the most important responsibility is:
A. To properly determine the tax effect.
B. To communicate that a change has occurred.
C. To compute the correct amount of the change.
D. None of the above.
21. Which of the following changes would not be accounted for using the prospective approach?
A. A change to LIFO from average costing for inventories.
B. A change from the individual application of the LCM rule to aggregate approach.
C. A change from straight-line to double-declining balance depreciation.
D. A change from double-declining balance to straight-line depreciation.
22. Accounting changes occur for which of the following reasons?
A. Management is being fair and consistent in financial reporting.
B. Management compensation is affected.
C. Debt agreements are impacted.
D. All of the above.
1. Change in estimate Change from FIFO inventory costing to LIFO
inventory costing.
2. Prior period adjustment
required Change from LIFO inventory costing to FIFO
inventory costing.
3. Change in principle
reported retrospectively Change in the composition of a group of firms
reporting on a consolidated basis.
4. Change in principle
reported prospectively Change to the installment method of
accounting for receivables.
5. Change in estimate Change in actuarial assumptions for a defined
benefit pension plan.
6. Change in principle
reported retrospectively Change from sum-of-the-years' digits
depreciation to straight-line.
7. Change in principle reported prospectively Change from expensing extraordinary repairs erroneously recorded as an expense to
capitalizing the expenditures.
8. Change in reporting
entity Change in the percentage used to determine
bad debts.
9. Change in principle reported prospectively Change from prior reporting for postretirement benefits to that mandated by an Accounting
Standards Update.
10. Change in estimate Change in the residual value of machinery.
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