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The founder, president, and major shareholder of Pharoah Corp. recently sold his controlling interest in the company to a national distributor in the same line

The founder, president, and major shareholder of Pharoah 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 30,2023, halfway through Pharoah's current
fiscal year.
During the due diligence process of acquiring the company and over the last six months of 2023, the new senior management team
had a chance to review the company's accounting records and policies. Pharoah 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 2023, the following decisions had beer
made:
Pharoah'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 2021 by $9,850 and to increase the cost of equipment by the same amount. The equipment was put into service
early in 2022. Pharoah 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.
Deferred development costs of $12,600 remained in long-term assets at December 31,2022. These were being written off
on a straight-line basis with another three years remaining at that time. On reviewing the December 31,2023 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.
A long-term contract with a preferred customer was completed in December 2023. When discussing payment with the
customer, it came to light that a down payment of $34,000 the customer made on the contract at the end of 2021 had been
taken into revenue when received. The revenue should have been recognized in 2023 on completion of the contract.
Pharoah's financial statements (summarized) were as follows at December 31,2022 and 2023, before any corrections related to the
information above. The December 31,2023 statements are in draft form only and the 2023 accounts have not yet been closed.Prepare any December 31,2023 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. (List all debit entries before
credit entries. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required,
select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)
No.
Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
Item#1
(To record effect of change in accounting policy)
(To record expenses related to change in accounting policy)
Item #2
(To correct for error)
(To record taxes on correction of error)
Item #3
(To correct for error)
(To record taxes on correction of error)

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