Horngren's Accounting (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134486444
Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem S6.9SE
Determining the effect of an inventory error
Learning Objective 5
New York Pool Supplies’s merchandise inventory data for the year ended Decenter 31, 2019, follow:
| Net Sales Revenue | $58,000 | |
| Cost of Goods Sold: | ||
| Beginning Merchandise Inventory | $4,900 | |
| Net Cost of Purchases | 32,500 | |
| Cost of Goods Available for Sale | 37,400 | |
| Less: Ending Merchandise Inventory | 4,700 | |
| Cost of Goods Sold | 32, 700 | |
| Gross Profit | $25,300 |
Requirements
1. Assume that the ending merchandise inventory was accidently overstated by $1,800. What are the correct amounts for cost of goods sold and gross profit?
2. How would the inventory error affect New York Pool Supplies’s cost of goods sold and gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2020, if the error is not corrected in 2019?
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Chapter 6 Solutions
Horngren's Accounting (12th Edition)
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