How to Account for Accounting Errors

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  • Accounting errors may creep into the financial statements as a result of mathematical mistakes, oversights, the incorrect application of generally accepted accounting principles, etc. When a company learns of an accounting error, the firm must correct the error retrospectively. This means that all prior periods being presented must be restated if they were affected by the error. If the error also had an effect on the company's financials in the periods prior to the periods currently being presented, the company must make an adjustment (this is known as a "prior period adjustment") to the beginning balance of the Retained Earnings account for the earliest period currently being presented.-
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Komentáře • 28

  • @didi85515
    @didi85515 Před 4 lety +1

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  • @bluesun2001
    @bluesun2001 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you, Sir! I just started the self-study CPA course and your videos help!

  • @3p1cRs
    @3p1cRs Před rokem

    Your videos have saved me, after Hurricane Ian the scheduling had me taking 3 exams this week and left my fra 3 one for last, thanks to your videos (and some supplementary information from my professor) I feel prepared for my exam tomorrow in just 2 days. Thanks a lot for what you do.

  • @605797838vipz
    @605797838vipz Před 3 lety

    This is super duper clear; thank you! Follow up question: right before the video ended, you said we'd reduce the beginning balance of RE as of 1/1/2021 by 10k. Do we adjust Accumulated Depreciation down as well, so the total change to the account in 2021 is 20k?

  • @sandeepaditya2701
    @sandeepaditya2701 Před 4 lety +7

    Hi,I have been using your videos to understand almost all the topics of my CMA course ,and just wanted to thank you , awesome work ,what app do you use for the explanation?

  • @alessiocorbetto347
    @alessiocorbetto347 Před 4 lety +1

    thank you so much for your videos you are an incredible accountant and teacher.

  • @anthonysotelo3548
    @anthonysotelo3548 Před 3 lety +2

    Should the prior period adjustment be net of tax?

  • @happythoughts7792
    @happythoughts7792 Před 4 lety +1

    This helps so much, thank you!!

  • @user-po9eb9xo3b
    @user-po9eb9xo3b Před 11 měsíci

    Nice! very informative it is :) It helped me in my CPA topic

  • @dingding4358
    @dingding4358 Před 4 lety

    Hi, just found such a good.channel.Thank you for the excellent class. I got a question here, if you have time:)A company has negetive working capital, and the explaination I got is that they have tons of gift card liabilities---what I don't understand is that when the company received the cash from the sales of a gift card, the cash goes to the current assets right? So both current assets and liabilities go up by the same amount. How can the gift card liabilites explain the negetive working capital then ?
    Thanks a lot!

  • @MissIzza99
    @MissIzza99 Před 4 lety +2

    Hi, i would like to request you to make a video about IFRS 16, lease.

    • @Edspira
      @Edspira  Před 4 lety

      I will add your request to my list. In the meantime, I made several videos for lease accounting per U.S. GAAP (ASC 842).

  • @sheilasleigh9736
    @sheilasleigh9736 Před 2 lety +2

    thank you king

  • @alumi9818
    @alumi9818 Před 4 lety

    Hey, could you in further videos use colours that are easier to see when wearing red glasses? I'm using them before going to sleep, and I have problems reading some things you write.

  • @Chucky7286
    @Chucky7286 Před 4 lety

    Nice one Ed. But let’s spice this up, make it a bit more fun by adding deferred tax accounts. And also let’s say in the previous fiscal years involved had different corporate income tax rate. And let’s say the correction involves asset evaluation, an increase in asset evaluation. And finally last curve ball, say the tax authority has decided not to reopen the first half of the periods involved, but will assess the last half periods involved to date. How fun will that be?

    • @ivornworrell
      @ivornworrell Před 4 lety

      Visitor, eh, do u work on wall street or smthin? cuz i dont do overtime, ok, i likes 2 leve work ON TIME, EV'RY DAY! so lets not get complicated here shall we, + with this c-virus thing & all the hole worlds alreddy on ej as it is.mayb when, (eh, if), this 24/07 covid lockdown is over we can tork about that, but for now lets just keep it basic.

  • @muditdawra3794
    @muditdawra3794 Před 4 lety +1

    Can you please help me how to get standalone financial of amazon .

    • @michaelmclaughlin3385
      @michaelmclaughlin3385 Před 4 lety

      Click here: www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000101872420000004/amzn-20191231x10k.htm

    • @Edspira
      @Edspira  Před 4 lety

      www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000101872420000004/amzn-20191231x10k.htm

    • @muditdawra3794
      @muditdawra3794 Před 4 lety

      @@michaelmclaughlin3385 thanks

    • @muditdawra3794
      @muditdawra3794 Před 4 lety

      @@Edspira thanks

  • @Ahmad-zq8ve
    @Ahmad-zq8ve Před 4 lety

    can you write clearly and change this background ??

    • @Edspira
      @Edspira  Před 4 lety

      A large number of people have said they like this background, so I'm going to stick with it. If you don't like my writing, I'm sorry, but it is the best I can do

    • @Ahmad-zq8ve
      @Ahmad-zq8ve Před 4 lety

      @@Edspira can you write clearly bc i dont understand enough