Tidy, Inc., a household products chain, reported a prior-period adjustment in 2010. An accounting error caused net

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Tidy, Inc., a household products chain, reported a prior-period adjustment in 2010. An accounting error caused net income of 2009 to be understated by $8 million.
Retained earnings at December 31, 2009, as previously reported, stood at $343 million. Net income for 2010 was $98 million, and 2010 dividends were $65 million.

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1. Prepare the company’s statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31,
2010. How does the prior-period adjustment affect Tidy’s net income for 2010?

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Financial accounting

ISBN: 978-0136108863

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Authors: Walter T. Harrison, Charles T. Horngren, William Bill Thomas

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