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During 2021, WMC Corporation discovered that its ending inventories reported in its financial statements were misstated by the following material amounts:
2019 understated by $120,000
2020 overstated by 150,000
WMC uses a periodic inventory system and the FIFO cost method.
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1. Determine the effect of these errors on
2. Prepare a
3. What other step(s) would be taken in connection with the correction of the errors?
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