ii. Selling expenses iii Extraordinary items iv. Prior period adjustments case 6-4 Accounting Changes It is important in accounting theory to be able to distinguish the typeso f account- ing changes. Reguired a. If a public company desires to change from the sum-of-year's-digits depr ciation method to the straight-line method for its fixed assets, what type o accounting change will this be? How would it be treated? Discuss the permissibility of this change. b. If a public company obtained additional information about the service lives of some of its fixed assets that showed that the service lives previously used income statement of the year of the change and what disclosures should be c. Changing specific subsidiaries comprising the group of companies for which type of accounting change? What effect does it have on the consolidated should be shortened, what type of accounting change would this be? Include in your discussion how the change should be reported in the made in the financial statements or notes consolidated financial statements are presented is an example of what income statements