Horngren's Accounting (12th Edition)
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Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
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Chapter 13, Problem S13.15SE
Analyzing the effect of prior-period adjustments
Learning Objective 6
Taylor Corporation discovered in 2019 that it had incorrectly recorded in 2018 a cash payment of $70,000 for utilities expense. The correct amount of the utilities expense was $35,000.
Requirements
- Determine the effect of the error on the
accounting equation in 2018. - How should this error be reported in the 2019 financial statements?
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Analyzing the effect of prior-period adjustments
Taylor Corporation discovered in 2019 that it had incorrectly recorded in 2018 a cash payment of $70,000 for utilities expense. The correct amount of the utilities expense was $35,000.
Requirements
Determine the effect of the error on the accounting equation in 2018.
How should this error be reported in the 2019 financial statements?
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12/31/20 12/31/19Salaries payable P780,000 P873,600Interest receivable 213,000 259,200Prepaid insurance 307,800 384,000Advances from customers (Collections from customers had beenrecorded as sales but should have been recognized as advances from customers because goods were not shipped until the following year) 561,000 470,400
Machinery (Capital expenditures had been recorded as repairs but shouldhave been charged to Machinery; the depreciation rate is 10% per year, but depreciation in the year of expenditure is to be recognized at 5%) 522,000 564,000
Required:Compute for the total effect of errors in the net income of 2019 and 2020.
Chapter 13 Solutions
Horngren's Accounting (12th Edition)
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