hard · Financial Accounting
A company changes its inventory method from LIFO to FIFO.
How must this Change in Accounting Principle be reported?
- Prospectively: apply to current and future years only.
- As a one-time gain or loss in the current year's income statement.
- By disclosing the change in a footnote without changing any numbers.
- Retrospectively: adjust prior-period statements and beginning retained earnings.
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