Lenexa State Bank has followed the practice of capitalizing certainmarketing costs and amortizing these costs over their expected life.In the current year, the bank determined that the future benefitsfrom these costs were doubtful. Consequently, the bank adopted thepolicy of expensing these costs as incurred. How should the bankreport this accounting change in the comparative financialstatements?

Answered: Lenexa State Bank has followed the…

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