少し前(04年)版のワイリーと最近のベッカー(多分07年版)でほぼ同じ問題が出ていました。 が答えが違っていました。 change in accounting method に関する問題です。 どなたか、現在における正しい解答とその理由を教えていただけませんか?
At December 31, 1998, ABC Co. changed its method of accounting for demo costs from writing off the costs over two years to expensing the costs immediately. ABC made the change in recognition of an increasing number of demos placed with customers that did not result in sales. ABC had deferred demo costs of $500,000 at December 31, 1997, $300,000 of which were to be written off in 1998 and the remainder in 1999. ABC's income tax rate is 30%. In its 1998 financial statements, what amount should ABC report as cumulative effect of change in accounting principle?
a.0 b.200,000 c.350,000 d.500,000
ワイリーだと『c』が正解でしたが、 ベッカーだと『a』が正解でした。 ベッカーの解説↓ Choice "a" is correct. When a change in accounting principle is considered inseparable from a change in estimate, the change is handled as a change in estimate - prospectively. No cumulative effect adjustment is made.