Question: E4.9 (LO 1, 2) (Current Assets and Current Liabilities) The current assets and current liabilities sections of the statement of financial position of Jin Liu
E4.9 (LO 1, 2) (Current Assets and Current Liabilities) The current assets and current liabilities sections of the statement of financial position of Jin Liu Ltd. appear as follows (amounts in thousands).
Jin Liu Ltd.
Statement of Financial Position (partial)
December 31, 2025 Inventory ¥171,000 Notes payable ¥ 67,000 Accounts receivable ¥89,000 Accounts payable 61,000 Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts 7,000 82,000
¥ 128,000 Prepaid expenses 9,000 Cash 40,000
¥302,000 The following errors in the company’s accounting have been discovered.
1. January 2026 cash disbursements entered as of December 2025 included payments of accounts payable in the amount of ¥35,000, on which a cash discount of 2% was taken.
2. The inventory included ¥27,000 of merchandise that had been received at December 31 but for which no purchase invoices had been received or entered. Of this amount, ¥10,000 had been received on consignment; the remainder was purchased f.o.b. destination, terms 2/10, n/30.
3. Sales for the first 4 days in January 2026 in the amount of ¥30,000 were entered in the sales book as of December 31, 2025. Of these, ¥21,500 were sales on account and the remainder were cash sales.
4. Cash, not including cash sales, collected in January 2026 and entered as of December 31, 2025, totaled ¥35,324. Of this amount, ¥23,324 was received on account after cash discounts of 2% had been deducted; the remainder represented the proceeds of a bank loan.
Instructions
a. Restate the current assets and current liabilities sections of the statement of financial position in accordance with good accounting practice. (Assume that both accounts receivable and accounts payable are recorded gross.)
b. State the net effect of your adjustments on Jin Liu Ltd.’s retained earnings balance.
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