Accounting Changes and Error Analysis

ACCOUNTING CHANGES AND ERROR ANALYSIS TRUE-FALSeConceptual Answer No. Description F 1. Change in accounting estimate. T 2. Errors in financial statements. F 3. Adoption of a new principle. T 4. Retrospective application of accounting principle. F 5. Reporting cumulative effect of change in principle. T 6. Disclosure requirements for a change in principle. T 7. Indirect effect of an accounting change. T 8. Retrospective application impracticality. F 9. Reporting changes in accounting estimates. T 10. Change in principle vs. change in estimate. F 11. Accounting for change in depreciation method. F 12. Accounting for change in reporting entities. T 13. Example of a change in reporting entities. F 14. Accounting error vs. change in estimate. T 15. Accounting for corrections of errors. T 16. New principle created by FASB standard. F 17. Balance sheet errors. F 18. Definition of counterbalancing errors. T 19. Accounting for counterbalancing errors. T 20. Correcting entries for noncounterbalancing errors. Multiple ChoiceConceptual Answer No. Description b 21. Accounting changes and consistency concept. b 22. Identify changes in accounting principle. c 23. Identify a non-retrospective change. d 24. Identify a change in accounting principle. a 25. Entry to record a change in depreciation methods. c 26. Disclosures required for a change in depreciation methods. c 27. Change from percentage-of-completion to completed-contracts. d 28. Disclosures required for a change from LIFO to FIFO. b 29. Change from FIFO to LIFO. c 30. Change in accounting estimate. a 31. Change in accounting estimate. b 32. Identify a change in accounting estimate. b 33. Change in accounting estimate. c 34. Identify a change in accounting estimate. d 35. Identify a change in reporting entity. c 36. Retroactive reporting a change in reporting entity. c 37. Identify a correction of an error. b 38. Identification of counterbalancing errors. Multiple ChoiceConceptual