Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
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Author: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
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Chapter 22, Problem 4MC
A change in the expected service life of an asset arising because additional information has been obtained is:
- a. an accounting change that should be reported by restating the financial statements of all prior periods represented
- b. an accounting change that should be reported in the period of change and future periods if the change affects both
- c. a correction of an error
- d. not an accounting change
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A change in accounting estimate is
An adjustment of the carrying amount of an asset or liability, or related expense, resulting from reassessing the expected future benefits and obligations associated with that asset or liability.
A change in the specific principles, bases, conventions, rules and practices applied b an entity in preparing and presenting financial statements.
Omission from, and misstatement in an entity's financial statements for one or more prior periods arising from a failure to use, or misuse of, reliable information that was available and could reasonably be expected to have been obtained and taken into account in preparing those statements.
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Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
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