Redford Company hired a new store manager in October 2015, who determined the ending
inventory on December 31, 2015, to be $50,000. In March, 2016, the company discovered that
the December 31, 2015 ending inventory should have been $58,000. The December 31, 2016,
inventory was correct. Ignore income taxes.
Required:
Complete the following table to show the effects of the inventory error on the four amounts
listed. Give the amount of the discrepancy and indicate whether it was overstated (O),
understated (U), or had no effect (N).