Identify the errors in the following income statement: Curbstone Company Income Statement For the Year Ended August

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Identify the errors in the following income statement:

Curbstone Company

Income Statement

For the Year Ended August 31, 2016

Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,595,000

Cost of merchandise sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,110,000

Income from operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,485,000

Expenses:

Selling expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 800,000

Administrative expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575,000

Delivery expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425,000

Total expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800,000

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 685,000

Other expense:

Interest revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,000

Gross profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 640,000

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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-1305088436

14th edition

Authors: Carl S. Warren, Jim Reeve, Jonathan Duchac

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