The following are various types of accounting changes:

______ 1. Change in a plant asset's residual value

______ 2. Change due to an overstatement of inventory (in the preceding period)

______ 3. Change from sum-of-the-years'-digits to straight-line method of depreciation because of a change in the pattern of benefits received

______ 4. Change in a primary source of GAAP

______ 5. Decision by management to capitalize interest. The company is reporting a self-constructed asset

for the first time.

______ 6. Change in the rate used to calculate warranty costs

______ 7. Change from an unacceptable accounting policy to an acceptable accounting policy

______ 8. Change in a patent's amortization period

______ 9. Change from the zero-profit method to the percentage-of-completion method on construction contracts. This change was a result of experience with the project and improved ability to estimate the costs to completion and therefore the percentage complete.

______ 10. Recognition of additional income tax owing from three years ago as a result of improper calculations by the accountant, who was not familiar with income tax legislation and income tax returns

Instructions

a. For each change or error, use the following code letters to indicate how it would be accounted for assuming the company follows IFRS:

Accounted for in the current year only (CY)

Accounted for prospectively (P)

Accounted for retrospectively (R)

None of the above, or unable to determine. Explain. (NA)

b. Identify the type of change for each of the situations in items 1 to 10.

c. Now assume that the company follows ASPE. Identify the situations in part (a) that would be accounted for differently under ASPE than IFRS.

d. What are the conditions that must exist for an entity to be allowed to change an accounting policy?