Generally Accepted Methods of Accounting for a Change in Accounting

question 120

Multiple Choice

Generally accepted methods of accounting for a change in accounting principle include

• A) restating prior years' financial statements presented for comparative purposes.
• B) including the cumulative effect of the change in current period net income.
• C) prospective changes.
• D) making a prior period adjustment.

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Definitions:

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A metric assessing how greatly a collection of numbers diverges from their average value, reflecting the range of difference from the mean.

Standard Error

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