KEW Enterprises began operations in January 2015 to manufacture a hand sanitizer that promised to be more effective and gentler on the skin than existing products. Family members, one of whom was delegated to be the office manager and bookkeeper, staffed the company. Although conscientious, the office manager lacked formal accounting training, which became apparent when the growing company was forced in March 2018 to hire a CPA as controller. Although ostensibly brought in to relieve some of the office manager's stress, management made it clear to the new controller that they had some concerns about the quality of information they were receiving. Accordingly, the controller made it a priority to review the records of prior years, looking for ways to improve the accounting system. From this review, the following errors were uncovered.
1. The office manager expensed rent on equipment and facilities when paid. Amounts paid in 2015, 2016, and 2017 that represented rent for the subsequent year were $5,000, $4,500, and $4,900, respectively.
2. No adjusting entries were ever made to reflect accrued salaries. The amounts that should have been presented as accrued wages at December 31, 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively, were $12,000, $13,500, and $8,300.
3. Errors occurred in the depreciation calculations that resulted in depreciation expense being overstated by $3,500 in 2015, understated by $7,000 in 2016, and understated by $6,000 in 2017.
4. In February 2018 some surplus production equipment that originally had cost $14,000 was sold for $4,000; $12,000 in depreciation had correctly been taken on this equipment. The office manager made this entry to record the sale: To record sale of surplus equipment

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$4,000 10,000 DR Cash CR Equipment $14,000 Error Corrections Worksheet Effect on Income Accounts to be Adjusted Description 2015 2016 2017 Dr. Cr. Reported income Item L Prepaid rent-2015 Prepaid rent-20 Prepaid rent-2017 Item 2 Accrued wages-2015 Accrued Accrued wages-2017 Item 3: Depreciation Item 4: Gain on machinery $(24,000) $43,000 $40,000 5,000 (5,000) Counterbalancing error 16 wages-2016 Adjusted income