Pociek Co. is evaluating the appropriate accounting for the following items. 1. When the year-end physical inventory

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Pociek Co. is evaluating the appropriate accounting for the following items. 1. When the year-end physical inventory adjustment was made for the current year, the controller discovered that the prior year's physical inventory sheets for an entire warehouse were mislaid and excluded from last year's count. 2. Management has decided to switch from the FIFO inventory valuation method to the LIFO in- ventory valuation method for all inventories. 3. Pociek's Custom Division manufactures large-scale, custom-designed machinery on a contract basis. Management decided to switch from the completed-contract method to the percentage-of- completion method of accounting for long-term contracts. Identify and explain whether each of the above items is a change in accounting principle, a change in estimate, or an error.

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Intermediate Accounting 2007 FASB Update Volume 2

ISBN: 9780470128763

12th Edition

Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield

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