During 2013, Vanguard Inc. changed to the weighted-average-cost method of accounting for inventory. Suppose that during 2014,

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During 2013, Vanguard Inc. changed to the weighted-average-cost method of accounting for inventory. Suppose that during 2014, Vanguard changes back to the FIFO method, and the following year Vanguard switches back to weighted-average cost again.
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1. What would you think of a company's ethics if it changed accounting methods every year?
2. What accounting characteristic would changing methods every year violate?
3. Who can be harmed when a company changes its accounting methods too often? How?
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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0133472264

5th Canadian edition

Authors: Charles Horngren, William Thomas, Walter Harrison, Greg Berberich, Catherine Seguin

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