State whether the following changes should be accounted for and, if so, whether retrospectively or prospectively, in

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State whether the following changes should be accounted for and, if so, whether retrospectively or prospectively, in accordance with IAS 8:
(a) A change in accounting policy made voluntarily.
(b) A change in accounting policy required by an accounting standard.
(c) A change in an accounting estimate.
(d) An immaterial error discovered in the current year, relating to a transaction recorded two years ago.
(e) A material error discovered in the current year, relating to a transaction recorded two years ago. Management determines that retrospective application would cause undue cost and effort.
(f) A change in accounting policy required by an accounting standard. Retrospective application of that standard would require assumptions about what management's intent would have been in the relevant period(s).
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Applying International Financial Reporting Standards

ISBN: 978-0730302124

3rd edition

Authors: Keith Alfredson, Ken Leo, Ruth Picker, Paul Pacter, Jennie Radford Victoria Wise

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