Question: Inventory ErrorsPeriodic Thomason Company makes the following errors during the current year. (In all cases, assume ending inventory in the following year is correctly stated.)

Inventory Errors—Periodic Thomason Company makes the following errors during the current year. (In all cases, assume ending inventory in the following year is correctly stated.)

1. Both ending inventory and purchases and related accounts payable are understated. (Assume this purchase was recorded and paid for in the following year.)

2. ending inventory is overstated, but purchases and related accounts payable are recorded correctly.

3. ending inventory is correct, but a purchase on account was not recorded. (Assume this purchase was recorded and paid for in the following year.)

Indicate the effect of each of these errors on working capital, current ratio (assume that the current ratio is greater than 1), retained earnings, and net income for the current year and the subsequent year.

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