Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
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ISBN: 9781118953808
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.9EYCT
(a)
To determine
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Company C is suffering from declining sales of its principal product, non-biodegradable plastic cartons. Thus, the company’s president Mr. W, instructs his controller to increase the asset lives from original 8 years to 12 years under straight-line method. His intention behind doing so, is to reduce the
To state: the stakeholders in the present situation.
(b)
To determine
To explain: whether the change in asset life is unethical.
(c)
To determine
To explain: the effect of proposed change on income before taxes in the year of change.
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Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
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