Question: Problem 1 Show how the following independent errors will affect Year 3 income before income tax on the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet (
Problem Show how the following independent errors will affect Year income before income tax on the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet Assets Liabilities, and Shareholders Equity Use OVER for overstated, UNDER for understated, and NE for no effect. Include the dollar amount of any misstatement. The company uses the periodic inventory method. Ignore income taxes. Year Assets Liabilities Shareholders Equity Net Income
EXAMPLEThe accountant failed to accrue $ of wages payable at Year Assets NELiabilities UnderstatedShareholders Equity $ Overstated Net Income$ Overstated
The company overstated Year depreciation expense by $
A January Year purchase of equipment for $ in cash useful life of years, no salvage value was erroneously charged to maintenance expense in Year A Year sale of land for $ was not recorded until Year The land had a cost of $
The company prepaid rent for months on Year and debited prepaid insurance for $ No adjusting entry was made at Year yearend.
Travel advances of $ given to sales personnel in Year for Year travel were recorded as selling expense.
The company wrote off a $ account receivable by debiting Bad Debt Expense and crediting Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The company purchased a machine for $ at the beginning of Year It has a useful life of years and $ expected salvage value. It was sold on Year for $ but no journal entry was recorded.
The company declared and paid dividends on its common stock totaling $ The accountant on the date of declaration debited Dividend Expense and credited Dividends Payable.
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