FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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Below is the Retained Earnings account for the year 2020 for Acadian Corp.

Retained earnings, January 1, 2020       $257,600
Add:        
 Gain on sale of investments (net of tax)   $41,200    
 Net income   84,500    
 Refund on litigation with government, related to the year 2017 (net of tax)   21,600    
 Recognition of income earned in 2019, but omitted from income statement in that year (net of tax)   25,400   172,700
        430,300
Deduct:        
 Loss on discontinued operations (net of tax)   35,000    
 Write-off of goodwill (net of tax)   60,000    
 Cumulative effect on income of prior years in changing from LIFO to FIFO inventory valuation in 2020 (net of tax)   23,200    
 Cash dividends declared   32,000    150,200
Retained earnings, December 31, 2020       $280,100

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a.    Prepare a corrected retained earnings statement. Acadian Corp. normally sells investments of the type mentioned above. FIFO inventory was used in 2020 to compute net income.

b.    State where the items that do not appear in the corrected retained earnings statement should be shown.

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