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 15E
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
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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 list of errors is shown below:
Show the effects of the errors on the indicated balance sheet and income statement items.
Errors
Cost ofGoods Sold
RetainedEarnings
Year-EndWorkingCapital
Ending inventory is overstated
Beginning inventory is overstated
Ending inventory is understated
Beginning inventory is understated
Purchases is overstated (recorded twice)
Purchases is understated (not recorded)
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.
The succeeding year purchases are understated when the prior year purchases are corrected.
The current year income on the income statement is correct because purchases are overstated and ending inventory is overstated.
The current year balance sheet ending inventory and accounts payable are understated.
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