Each of the following situations occurred during 2016 for one of your audit clients, The Stride Well Company: 1. The write-off of inventory due to obsolescence. 2. Discovery that depreciation expenses were omitted by accident from 2015's income statement. 3. The useful lives of all machinery were changed from 8 to 5 years 4. The depreciation method used for all equipment was changed from the declining balance to the straight-line method 5. Restructuring costs were incurred. 6. The Stride Well Company, a manufacturer of shoes, sold all of its retail outlets. It will continue to manufacture and sell its shoes to other retailers. A loss was incurred in the disposition of the retail stores. The retail stores are considered a component of the entity. 7. The inventory costing method was changed from FIFO to average cost. Select one situation from above, and identify the appropriate reporting treatment from the list below (consider each event to be material): 1. As an unusual gain or loss. 2. As a prior period adjustment. 3. As a change in accounting principle. 4. As a discontinued operation. 5. As a change in accounting estimate. 6. As a change in accounting estimate achieved by a change in accounting principle. Explain how the situation would be included in the income statement 1. in continuing operations, 2. below continuing operations, or 3. appearing as an adjustment to retained earnings. Each of the following situations occurred during 2016 for one of your audit clients, The Stride Well Company: 1. The write-off of inventory due to obsolescence. 2. Discovery that depreciation expenses were omitted by accident from 2015's income statement. 3. The useful lives of all machinery were changed from 8 to 5 years 4. The depreciation method used for all equipment was changed from the declining balance to the straight-line method 5. Restructuring costs were incurred. 6. The Stride Well Company, a manufacturer of shoes, sold all of its retail outlets. It will continue to manufacture and sell its shoes to other retailers. A loss was incurred in the disposition of the retail stores. The retail stores are considered a component of the entity. 7. The inventory costing method was changed from FIFO to average cost. Select one situation from above, and identify the appropriate reporting treatment from the list below (consider each event to be material): 1. As an unusual gain or loss. 2. As a prior period adjustment. 3. As a change in accounting principle. 4. As a discontinued operation. 5. As a change in accounting estimate. 6. As a change in accounting estimate achieved by a change in accounting principle. Explain how the situation would be included in the income statement 1. in continuing operations, 2. below continuing operations, or 3. appearing as an adjustment to retained earnings