Chapter IAS 8. In BPP study text see page 117, where does this figure $21950 come from???? For the correction of prior year error period why has it take 4200-1260 why not 4200+1260 because income tax should have increase in to 4660 for the year 2007 by 1260.
“As previously reported” is the retained earnings as at 1 January 2006, 13 million plus the unadjusted 2006 profits of 8,950,000 = 21,950,000. The adjustment is therefore + 4,200,000 less tax at 30% ie an adjustment of 4,200,000 – 1,260,000 – a net adjustment of the brought forward figures into 2007 of 2,940,000