An example of an item that should be reported as a prior-period adjustment in a company’s annual financial statements is a. a settlement resulting from litigation. b. an adjustment of income taxes. c. a correction of an error that occurred in a prior period. d. an adjustment of utility revenue because of rate revisions ordered by a regulatory commission.

An example of an item that should be reported as a prior-period adjustment in a company’s annual financial statements is a. a settlement resulting from litigation. b. an adjustment of income taxes. c. a correction of an error that occurred in a prior period. d. an adjustment of utility revenue because of rate revisions ordered by a regulatory commission.

Principles of Accounting Volume 1

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Chapter14: Corporation Accounting

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Problem 18MC: Corrections of errors that occurred on a previous periods financial statements are called ________....

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