Shamrock Inc. has recently hired a new independent auditor, Karen Ogleby, who says she wants to get everything straightened out. Consequently, she has proposed the following accounting changes in connection with Shamrock Inc.s 2020 financial statements.

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For each of the changes described above, decide whether:

(1)		The change involves an accounting principle, accounting estimate, or correction of an error.
(2)		Restatement of opening retained earnings is required.

					(1)		(2)
1.		At December 31, 2019, the client had a receivable of $812,000 from Hendricks Inc. on its balance sheet. Hendricks Inc. has gone bankrupt, and no recovery is expected. The client proposes to write off the receivable as a prior period item.			No changesCorrection of an errorAccounting estimateAccounting principle		No changesNot appropriateAppropriate
2.		The client proposes the following changes in depreciation policies.
		(a)	For office furniture and fixtures, it proposes to change from a 10-year useful life to an 8-year life. If this change had been made in prior years, retained earnings at December 31, 2019, would have been $242,000 less. The effect of the change on 2020 income alone is a reduction of $67,000.		Accounting principleAccounting estimateCorrection of an errorNo changes		AppropriateNot appropriateNo changes
		(b)	For its new equipment in the leasing division, the client proposes to adopt the sum-of-the-years-digits depreciation method. The client had never used SYD before. The first year the client operated a leasing division was 2020. If straight-line depreciation were used, 2020 income would be $97,000 greater.		Correction of an errorNo changesAccounting principleAccounting estimate		AppropriateNot appropriateNo changes
3.		In preparing its 2019 statements, one of the clients bookkeepers overstated ending inventory by $227,000 because of a mathematical error. The client proposes to treat this item as a prior period adjustment.			No changesAccounting principleAccounting estimateCorrection of an error		Not appropriateNo changesAppropriate
4.		In the past, the client has spread preproduction costs in its furniture division over 5 years. Because its latest furniture is of the fad type, it appears that the largest volume of sales will occur during the first 2 years after introduction. Consequently, the client proposes to amortize preproduction costs on a per-unit basis, which will result in expensing most of such costs during the first 2 years after the furnitures introduction. If the new accounting method had been used prior to 2020, retained earnings at December 31, 2019, would have been $373,000 less.			No changesAccounting estimateAccounting principleCorrection of an error		Not appropriateNo changesAppropriate
5.		For the nursery division, the client proposes to switch from FIFO to LIFO inventories because it believes that LIFO will provide a better matching of current costs with revenues. The effect of making this change on 2020 earnings will be an increase of $317,000. The client says that the effect of the change on December 31, 2019, retained earnings cannot be determined.			Correction of an errorAccounting estimateNo changesAccounting principle		No changesAppropriateNot appropriate
6.		To achieve an appropriate recognition of revenues and expenses in its building construction division, the client proposes to switch from the completed-contract method of accounting to the percentage-of-completion method. Had the percentage-of-completion method been employed in all prior years, retained earnings at December 31, 2019, would have been $1,055,000 greater.			Correction of an errorAccounting principleNo changesAccounting estimate		No changesNot appropriateAppropriate

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What would be the proper adjustment to the December 31, 2019, retained earnings?

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