When the FASB issues a new Statement, it may require companies to apply the new principle prospectively,

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When the FASB issues a new Statement, it may require companies to apply the new principle prospectively, or to account for the change by the retrospective adjustment method.
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Why do you think that the FASB requires one of two different transition methods when a company adopts a newly required accounting principle? Do you agree with the use of two alternative methods?

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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0324300987

10th Edition

Authors: Loren A Nikolai, D. Bazley and Jefferson P. Jones

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