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AICPA Exam CPA-Financial Topic 3 Question 104 Discussion

Actual exam question for AICPA's CPA-Financial exam
Question #: 104
Topic #: 3
[All CPA-Financial Questions]

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

During 1993, Quo determined that an insurance premium paid and entirely expensed in 1992 was for the period January 1, 1992, through January 1, 1994.

List A (Select one)

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Suggested Answer: C

Choice 'c' is correct. Expensing insurance premiums when paid (rather than allocating them to the periods benefited) is a correction of an error in previously presented financial statements.


Contribute your Thoughts:

Diane
2 days ago
Wait, is this a trick question? I'm going to go with D) Neither an accounting change nor an accounting error. Sounds like they just needed to adjust the timing of the insurance premium, no big deal.
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Jacob
4 days ago
I'm not too sure about this one. The information provided seems a bit vague, but I think C) Correction of an error in previously presented financial statements might be the right answer.
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Rebeca
6 days ago
Hmm, this seems like a tricky one. I'm leaning towards B) Change in accounting estimate, since the insurance premium was initially expensed in the wrong period.
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Dante
9 days ago
I'm not sure, but I think it could also be considered a change in accounting estimate since the period covered by the premium was different than originally thought.
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Azalee
16 days ago
I agree with Tuyet. The insurance premium was expensed incorrectly in 1992, so it's a correction of an error.
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Tuyet
18 days ago
I think the answer is C) Correction of an error in previously presented financial statements.
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