Endicott Company's December 31, 2014, balance sheet reported retained earnings of $86,500, and net income of $124,000

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Endicott Company's December 31, 2014, balance sheet reported retained earnings of $86,500, and net income of $124,000 was reported in the 2014 income statement. While preparing financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015, Tom Dryden, accountant for Endicott Company, discovered that net income for 2014 had been overstated by $36,000 due to an error in recording depreciation expense for 2014. Net income for 2015 was $106,000, and dividends of $30,000 were declared and paid in 2015.
1. What effect, if any, would the $36,000 error made in 2014 have on the company's 2015 financial statements?
2.
Compute the amount of retained earnings to be reported in Endicott Company's December 31, 2015, balance sheet.
Financial Statements
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Balance Sheet
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-1133957911

19th edition

Authors: Earl K. Stice, James D. Stice

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