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1. (TCO E) Which of the following is not treated as a change in accounting principle? (Points : 5) A change from completed contract to percentage of completion A change from LIFO to FIFO for inventory valuation A change from full cost to successful efforts in the extractive industry A change to a different method of depreciation for plant assets 2. (TCO E) A company decides to switch from double declining balance method to that straight line method of recording depreciation. What type of change/correction is this? (Points : 5) Change in accounting principle Change in reporting entity Change in accounting estimate Correction of an error 3. (TCO E) On December 31, 2013, Gifts Galore, Inc. appropriately changed its inventory valuation method from weighted average cost to FIFO method for financial statement and income tax purposes. The change will result in a $1,500,000 increase in the beginning inventory at January 1, 2013. Assume a 30% income tax rate. The cumulative effect of this accounting change on beginning retained earnings is (Points : 5) $1,500,000. $1,050,000. $0. $450,000. 4. (TCO E) As of January 1, 2011, Survival Industries, Inc. purchased a boat at a cost of $400,000. When purchased, the company was using the double declining depreciation method. Key info on the asset at time of purchase is the following. Estimated useful life is 8 years. Residual Value is $0. At the beginning of 2014, the CFO decided to change to straight line depreciation method. Compute the depreciation expense for 2014. (Points : 5) $50,000 $80,750 $33,750 $16,875 5. (TCO E) Mystical Corporation found the following errors in their year end financial statements: As of Dec. 2012 As of Dec. 2013 Ending Inventory $32,000 understated $46,000 overstated Depreciation Exp. $7,000 understated On December 31, 2013, a fully depreciated machine was sold for $35,000 but the sale was not recorded until January 15, 2014 when the cash was received. In 2012, a three year insurance premium was prepaid for $45,000 of which the entire amount was expensed in the first year. There were no other errors or corrections. Ignore any tax considerations. What is the total net effect of errors on Mystical’s 2013 net income? (Points : 5) Working capital overstated by $31,000 Working capital overstated by $11,000 Working capital understated by $4,000 Working capital understated by $36,000 6. (TCO E) The four types of accounting changes, including error correction, are change in accounting principle; change in accounting estimate; change in reporting entity; and error correction. Required: The following are a series of situations. Indicate the type of change. 1 Changing the companies included in combined financial statements 2 Change in both estimate and acceptable accounting principles 3 Change from presenting nonconsolidated to consolidated financial statements 4 Change from FIFO to LIFO inventory procedures 5 Change in amortization period for an intangible asset 6 Change due to failure to recognize an accrued (uncollected) revenue 7 Change due to charging a new asset directly to an expense account 8 Change due to understatement of inventory 9 Change from straight line to sum of the years’ digits method of depreciation 10 Change in residual value of a depreciable plant asset 11 Change in the loss rate on warranty costs 12 Change in life of a depreciable plant asset 13 Change due to failure to recognize and accrue income 14 Change in expected recovery of an account receivable 15 Change from expensing to capitalizing certain costs, due to a change in periods benefited (Points : 15)