• A restatement is a revision of one or more of a company’s previous financial statements in order to correct an error.

  • Accountants are responsible for deciding whether a past error is “material” enough to justify revisiting it.
  • An error can be considered material if incorrect information could cause persons receiving reports to come to incorrect conclusions.
  • FASB requires companies to issue re-reporting to correct previously reported errors.
  • The reclassification includes correcting the classification of the record.