The founder, president, and major shareholder of Hot Tubs Corp. recently sold his controlling interest in the company to a national distributor in the same line of business. The change in ownership was effective June 30, 2020, halfway through Hot Tubs's current fiscal year.

During the due diligence process of acquiring the company and over the last six months of 2020, the new senior management team had a chance to review the company's accounting records and policies. Hot Tubs follows ASPE. Although EPS is not part of ASPE, management calculates EPS for its own purposes and applies the IFRS guidelines. By the end of 2020, the following decisions had been made.

1. Hot Tubs's policy of expensing all interest as incurred will be changed to correspond to the policy of the controlling shareholder whereby interest on self-constructed assets is capitalized. This policy will be applied retrospectively, and going forward it will simplify the consolidation process for the parent company. The major effect of this policy is to reduce interest expense in 2018 by $9,200 and to increase the cost of equipment by the same amount. The equipment was put into service early in 2019. Hot Tubs uses straight-line depreciation for equipment and a five-year life. Because the interest has already been deducted for tax purposes, the change in policy results in a taxable temporary difference.
2. Deferred development costs of $12,000 remained in long-term assets at December 31, 2019. These were being written off on a straight-line basis with another three years remaining at that time. On reviewing the December 31, 2020 balances (after an additional year of depreciation), management decided that there were no further benefits to be received from these deferrals and there likely had not been any benefits for the past two years. The original costs were tax deductible when incurred.
3. A long-term contract with a preferred customer was completed in December 2020. When discussing payment with the customer, it came to light that a down payment of $30,000 the customer made on the contract at the end of 2018 had been taken into revenue when received. The revenue should have been recognized in 2020 on completion of the contract.

Hot Tubs's financial statements (summarized) were as follows at December 31, 2019 and 2020, before any corrections related to the information above. The December 31, 2020 statements are in draft form only and the 2020 accounts have not yet been closed.

Hot Tubs Corp. Statement of Financial Position December 31
Assets		2020		2019		Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity		2020		2019
Current assets		$192,300		$168,400		Current liabilities		$117,000		$103,000
Long-term assets		322,000		311,000		Long-term liabilities		166,000		153,000
		$514,300		$479,400		Share capital (10,000 shares)		50,000		50,000
						Retained earnings		181,300		173,400
								$514,300		$479,400

Hot Tubs Corp. Income Statement Year Ended December 31
		2020		2019
Revenues		$475,000		$460,000
Expenses		378,000		376,000
		97,000		84,000
Income tax (30% effective rate)		29,100		25,200
Net income		$67,900		$58,800
Earnings per share		$6.79		$5.88
Dividends declared, per share		$6.00		$2.50

Instructions

a. Prepare any December 31, 2020 journal entries needed to put into effect the decisions made by senior management. Where retrospective adjustments are made, record the journal entry to include the effect of income taxes.

b. Prepare the comparative statement of financial position, income statement, and statement of retained earnings that will be issued to shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2020. Round earnings per share to the nearest cent.

c. Assume now that Hot Tubs follows IFRS instead of ASPE. Briefly comment on the changes, if any, to the accounting treatment for the three decisions in items 1 to 3 above.