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Week 2 PAS 8
Week 2 PAS 8
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ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
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PAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in
Accounting Estimates and Errors
Learning Objectives
• Define the following and give examples: (1) Change in
accounting policy, (2) Change in accounting estimate, and (3)
Error.
• Differentiate between the accounting treatments of the
following: change in accounting policy, change in accounting
estimate, and correction of prior period error.
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Objective and Scope
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Accounting policies
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Conceptual Framework & Acctg.
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Standards (by: Zeus Vernon B. Millan)
• When it is difficult to distinguish a change in accounting
policy from a change in accounting estimate, the change is
treated as a change in an accounting estimate.
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Examples of changes in accounting policy
1. Change from FIFO cost formula for inventories to the Average cost
formula.
2. Change in the method of recognizing revenue from long-term
construction contracts.
3. Change to a new policy resulting from the requirement of a new PFRS.
4. Change in financial reporting framework, such as from PFRS for SMEs
to full PFRSs.
5. Initial adoption of the revaluation model for property, plant, and
equipment and intangible assets.
6. Change from the cost model to the fair value model of measuring
investment property.
7. Change in business model for classifying financial assets resulting to
reclassification between financial asset categories.
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Examples of changes in accounting estimate
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Errors
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APPLICATION OF
CONCEPTS
PROBLEM 2: FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
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QUESTIONS????
REACTIONS!!!!!
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END
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