The following events occurred during 2016 for various audit clients of your firm. Consider each event to be independent and the effect of each event to be material. 1. A manufacturing company recognized a loss on the sale of investments. 2. An automobile manufacturer sold all of the assets related to its financing component. The operations of the financing business is considered a component of the entity. 3. A company changed its depreciation method from the double-declining-balance method to the straight-line method. 4. Due to obsolescence, a company engaged in the manufacture of high-technology products incurred a loss on the write-down of inventory. 5. One of your clients discovered that 2015’s depreciation expense was overstated. The error occurred because of a miscalculation of depreciation for the office building. 6. A cosmetics company decided to discontinue the manufacture of a line of women’s lipstick. Other cosmetic lines will be continued. A loss was incurred on the sale of assets related to the lipstick product line. The operations of the discontinued line is not considered a component of the entity. Required: Discuss the 2016 financial statement presentation of each of the above events. Do not consider earnings per share disclosures.

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The following events occurred during 2016 for various audit clients of your firm. Consider each event to be independent and the effect of each event to be material. 1. A manufacturing company recognized a loss on the sale of investments. 2. An automobile manufacturer sold all of the assets related to its financing component. The operations of the financing business is considered a component of the entity. 3. A company changed its depreciation method from the double-declining-balance method to the straight-line method. 4. Due to obsolescence, a company engaged in the manufacture of high-technology products incurred a loss on the write-down of inventory. 5. One of your clients discovered that 2015’s depreciation expense was overstated. The error occurred because of a miscalculation of depreciation for the office building. 6. A cosmetics company decided to discontinue the manufacture of a line of women’s lipstick. Other cosmetic lines will be continued. A loss was incurred on the sale of assets related to the lipstick product line. The operations of the discontinued line is not considered a component of the entity. Required: Discuss the 2016 financial statement presentation of each of the above events. Do not consider earnings per share disclosures.

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