Chapter 4: 14Q (page 180)
How should correction of errors be reported in the financial statements?
Short Answer
In the financial statements, error correction is reported by adjusting to the beginning balance of retained earnings.
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Chapter 4: 14Q (page 180)
How should correction of errors be reported in the financial statements?
In the financial statements, error correction is reported by adjusting to the beginning balance of retained earnings.
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The following account balances were included in the trial balance of Twain Corporation at June 30, 2017.
Sales revenue \(1,578,500
Depreciation expense (office furniture and equipment) \)7,250
Sales discounts \(31,150
Cost of goods sold \)896,770
Property tax expense \(7,320
Salaries and wages expense (sales) \)56,260
Bad debt expense (selling) \(4,850
Sales commissions \)97,600
Maintenance and repairs expense (administration) \(9,130
Travel expense (salespersons) \)28,930
Delivery expense \(21,400
Office expense \)6,000
Entertainment expense \(14,820
Sales returns and allowances \)62,300
Telephone and Internet expense (sales) \(9,030
Dividends received \)38,000
Depreciation expense (sales equipment) \(4,980
Interest expense \)18,000
Maintenance and repairs expense (sales) \(6,200
Income tax expense \)102,000
Miscellaneous selling expenses \(4,715
Depreciation understatement due to error—2014 (net of tax) \)17,700
Office supplies used \(3,450
Telephone and Internet expense (administration) \)2,820
Dividends declared on preferred stock \(9,000
Dividends declared on common stock \)37,000
The Retained Earnings account had a balance of $337,000 at July 1, 2016. There are 80,000 shares of common stock outstanding.
Instructions
(a) Using the multiple-step form, prepare an income statement and a retained earnings statement for the year ended June 30, 2017.
Presented below are changes in all the account balances of Fritz Mayhew Furniture Co. during the current year, except for retained earnings.
Increase Increase
(Decrease) (Decrease)
Cash \(79,000 Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable (net) \)45,000 Bonds Payable \(82,000
Inventory \)127,000 Common Stock \(125,000
Investments (47,000) Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par \)13,000
Instructions
Compute the net income for the current year, assuming that there were no entries in the Retained Earnings account except for net income and a dividend declaration of $19,000 which was paid in the current year.
Question: O’Malley Corporation was incorporated and began business on January 1, 2017. It has been successful and now requires a bank loan for additional working capital to finance expansion. The bank has requested an audited income statement for the year 2017. The accountant for O’Malley Corporation provides you with the following income statement which O’Malley plans to submit to the bank.
O’MALLEY CORPORATION
INCOME STATEMENT
Sales revenue \(850,000
Dividends 32,300
Gain on recovery of insurance proceeds from
earthquake loss 38,500
920,800
Less:
Selling expenses \)101,100
Cost of goods sold 510,000
Advertising expense 13,700
Loss on obsolescence of inventories 34,000
Loss on discontinued operations 48,600
Administrative expense 73,400 780,800
Income before income tax 140,000
Income tax 56,000
Net income $84,000
Instructions
Indicate the deficiencies in the income statement presented above. Assume that the corporation desires a single-step income statement.
On January 30, 2016, a suit was filed against Frazier Corporation under the Environmental Protection Act. On August 6, 2017, Frazier Corporation agreed to settle the action and pay $920,000 in damages to certain current and former employees. How should this settlement be reported in the 2017 financial statements? Discuss.
Question: Willie Nelson, Jr., controller for Jenkins Corporation, is preparing the company’s financial statements at year-end. Currently, he is focusing on the income statement and determining the format for reporting comprehensive income. During the year, the company earned net income of \(400,000 and had unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities of \)15,000. In the previous year, net income was $410,000, and the company had no unrealized gains or losses.
Instructions
(a) Show how income and comprehensive income will be reported on a comparative basis for the current and prior years, using the two statement format.
(b) Show how income and comprehensive income will be reported on a comparative basis for the current and prior years, using the one statement format.
(c) Which format should Nelson recommend?
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