Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
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Author: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
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Chapter 8, Problem 10MC
A company forgets to record a purchase on credit in the purchases account, but ending inventory is correct. The effect of this mistake in the current year is:
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A company that uses the periodic inventory system makes the following errors: 1. It omits a purchase On credit from the purchases account and the ending inventory. 2. It omits a purchase On credit from the purchases account, but the ending inventory is correct. 3. It overstates the ending inventory, but purchases are correct. Indicate the effect of the preceding errors on the income statement and the balance sheet of the current and succeeding years.
A purchase on credit is recorded twice and not corrected during the year-end physical inventory. Which of the following statements correctly describes the impact of this error?
The succeeding year income on the income statement is incorrect because beginning inventory is understated.
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The current year balance sheet ending inventory and accounts payable are understated.
Under the periodic inventory system, the merchandise inventory account is not kept up to date for purchases and sales. As a result, the inventory shrinkage cannot be directly determined. True or False
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- Errors A company that uses the periodic inventory system makes the following errors: 1. It omits a purchase on credit from the purchases account and the ending inventory. 2. It omits a purchase on credit from the purchases account, but the ending inventory is correct. 3. It overstates the ending inventory, but purchases arc correct. Required: Indicate the effect of the preceding errors on the income statement and the balance sheet of the current and succeeding years.arrow_forwardExplain why errors in the valuation of inventory at the endof the year are sometimes called “counterbalancing” or“self-correcting.”arrow_forwardSome inventory errors are said to be “self-correcting,” in that the error has the opposite financial statement effectin the period following the error, thereby “correcting,” the original account balance errors.Required:Despite this self-correcting feature, discuss why these errors should not be ignored and describe the steps requiredto account for the error correction.arrow_forward
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