CRITICAL THINKING PROBLEM 5.1
Robert Thompson, President
Student’s Name
Current Date
Effect on Financial Statements of Omitting Adjusting Entries
2. Expense of supplies used during the year
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJEC
In addition to overstating the net income, the balances of Prepaid Rent and Supplies on the balance sheet
would be overstated and the book value of Building would also be overstated.
Preparation of the adjusting entries would permit the financial statements to present a more accurate
measure of the company’s operations for the year and its financial condition at the end of the year.
Therefore, it is important and the time is well spent to prepare adjusting entries so that the financial
statements are up-to-date and present an accurate picture of the business.
Adjusting entries are recorded to update the accounts at the end of the accounting period for previously
unrecorded items that belong to that period. If these entries are omitted, the net income will not be an
accurate measure of the operation of the company for the year and certain accounts on the balance sheet
will not report correct end-of-year balances.
In particular, Thompson Industries net income for the year will be overstated by $52,300; net income
should be $112,700 instead of $165,000. This amount represents a 32% decrease in net income over the
amount that would be reported if the adjusting entries were not made.
($52,300 ÷ $165,000 = 0.32).
This decrease in net income results from not making adjusting entries for the following unrecorded
expenses: