615,000$ 957,000$ 780,000$
(56,000) 56,000
20,000 (20,000)
559,000$ 1,033,000$ 760,000$
Correct! Correct! Correct!
230,000$ 285,000$ 241,000$
56,000 (56,000)
(20,000) 20,000
286,000$ 209,000$ 261,000$
Correct! Correct! Correct!
2012 2013 2014
(c)
Total current assets:
Reported
1,311,000$ 1,345,000$ 1,200,000$
Correct! Correct! Correct!
2012 2013 2014
(d)
Equity:
Reported
1,443,000$ 1,510,000$ 1,242,000$
Correct! Correct! Correct!
Total net income for the combined three-year period ($756,000) is not affected by the errors.
This is because these errors are “self-correcting” – that is, each overstatement (or
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from the inventory errors? Explain
2. What is the error in total net income for the combined three-year period resulting
The understatement of inventory by $56,000 results in an overstatement of cost of
goods sold by that same amount. The $56,000 overstatement of cost of goods sold
results in an understatement of gross profit by the same amount. This
results in an understatement of equity by the same amount in that year.
3. Explain why the understatement of inventory by $56,000 at the end of 2012
figure is understated by the amount of the inventory understatement.
understatement of gross profit carries through to an understatement of net
understatement) of net income is offset by a matching understatement (or overstatement)
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income. Since the understated net income is closed to equity, the final equity
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