Question: PLEASE HELP DUE TODAY In the course of routine checking of all journal entries prior to preparing year-end reports, Betty Eller discovered several strange entries.
PLEASE HELP DUE TODAY
In the course of routine checking of all journal entries prior to preparing year-end reports, Betty Eller discovered several strange entries. She recalled that the president's son Joe had come in to help out during an especially busy time and that he had recorded some journal entries. She was relieved that there were only a few of his entries, and even more relieved that he had included rather lengthy explanations. The entries Joe made were:
If the entry (2) was not corrected, which financial statements (income statement or balance sheet) would be affected? What balances would be overstated or understated?

(2) Manufacturing Overhead 12,000 Cash 12,000 (This is for bonuses paid to salespeople. I know they're part of overhead, and I can't find an account called "Non-Factory Overhead" or "Other Overhead" so I'm putting it in Manufacturing Overhead. I have the check stubs, so I know we paid these.}
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