The Accounting Review Vol. 48 No. 2 1973
Evolution of Accounting Changes: Opinion No. 20.
Abstract
The article offers tips for providing concise and useful ways of explaining to students the evolution of accounting changes. In the retroactive way of teaching students the evolution of accounting changes, statements presented for periods prior to the accounting change are adjusted to appear as they would have if the new accounting method had been in effect at the time they were prepared. In using the prospective way, the accounting change impacts the statement for the period wherein the accounting change is made and statements for subsequent periods are not adjusted. The lump-sum adjusted way of teaching the evolution of accounting change is also explained.
- DOI
- 10.2308/tar-4497809
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 428-429
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref