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Intermediate Accounting I F R S Edition: Kieso, Weygandt, Warfield
Intermediate Accounting I F R S Edition: Kieso, Weygandt, Warfield
Intermediate Accounting I F R S Edition: Kieso, Weygandt, Warfield
IFRS Edition
Kieso, Weygandt, Warfield
Fourth Edition
Chapter 22
Accounting Changes and Error Analysis
Prepared by
Coby Harmon
University of California, Santa Barbara
Westmont College
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Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
LO 1 Discuss the types of accounting changes and the
accounting for changes in accounting policies.
LO 2 Describe the accounting and reporting for changes in
estimates.
LO 3 Describe the accounting for correction of errors.
LO 4 Analyze the effect of errors.
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Sources: T. Baldwin and D. Yoo, “Restatements—Traversing Shaky Ground,” Trend Alert, Glass Lewis & Co. (June 2,
2005), p. 8; and “2018 Financial Restatements: An Eighteen Year Comparison,” Audit Analytics Trend Reports (August
26, 2019).
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Prior Period Adjustments
• All material errors must be corrected.
• Record corrections of errors from prior periods as an
adjustment to the beginning balance of retained earnings
in the current period.
• Such corrections are called prior period adjustments.
• For comparative statements, a company should restate the
prior statements affected, to correct for the error.
Selectro’s income statement for 2022 with and without the error.
ILLUSTRATION 22.17
What are the entries that Selectro should have made and did make
for recording depreciation expense and income taxes?
The debit to Retained Earnings results because net income for 2022 is
overstated. The debit to the Deferred Tax Liability is made to remove this
account, which was caused by the error. The credit to Accumulated
Depreciation—Buildings reduces the book value of the building to its
proper amount.
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Reporting an Error—Retained Earnings
Statement
Illustration: Selectro Company has a beginning retained earnings
balance at January 1, 2023, of £350,000. The company reports net
income of £400,000 in 2023.
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• One area in which U.S. GAAP and IFRS differ is the reporting of error
corrections in previously issued financial statements. While both sets of
standards require restatement, U.S. GAAP is an absolute standard—there is
no exception to this rule.
• Under U.S. GAAP , the impracticability exception applies only to changes in
accounting principle (policy). Under IFRS, this exception applies both to
changes in accounting principles (policies) and to the correction of errors.
• U.S. GAAP has detailed guidance on the accounting and reporting of indirect
effects. As indicated in the chapter, IFRS (IAS 8) does not specifically address
the accounting and reporting for indirect effects of changes in accounting
principles.
Because U.S. GAAP and IRFS are, for the most part, similar in the area of
accounting changes and reporting the effects of errors, there is no active
project in this area. A related development involves the presentation of
comparative data. U.S. GAAP (SEC) requires comparative information for a
three-year period. Under IFRS, when a company prepares financial
statements on a new basis, two years of comparative data are reported.
Use of the shorter comparative data period must be addressed before U.S.
companies can adopt IFRS. The IASB has a project related to materiality and
accounting changes, which could lead to additional differences in the
accounting for this area relative to U.S. GAAP.
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