During a period when an enterprise is under the direction of a particular management, its financial
statements will directly provide information about:
Which of the following types of entities are required to report on business segments?
In the hierarchy of generally accepted accounting principles, APB Opinions have the same authority as
AICPA:
On January 2, 1993, Quo, Inc. hired Reed to be its controller. During the year, Reed, working closely with
Quo's president and outside accountants, made changes in accounting policies, corrected several errors
dating from 1992 and before, and instituted new accounting policies.
Quo's 1993 financial statements will be presented in comparative form with its 1992 financial statements.
This question represents one of Quo's transactions. List A represents possible clarifications of these
transactions as: a change in accounting principle, a change in accounting estimate, a correction of an
error in previously presented financial statements, or neither an accounting change nor an accounting error.
Item to Be Answered
Quo manufactures heavy equipment to customer specifications on a contract basis. On the basis that it is
preferable, accounting for these long-term contracts was switched from the completed-contract method to
the percentage-of-completion method.
List A (Select one)
Which of the following should be disclosed in a summary of significant accounting policies?
