16. Biden
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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a. What are the net effects of the errors on Biden's 20x1 and 20x2 profit or loss, repesctively?
b. What is the effect of the errors on Biden's December 20x2
![16. Biden Corp. reports on a calendar-year basis. Its 20x1 and 20x2
financial statements contained the following errors:
20x1
20x2
Under (Over) statement of ending inventory 10,000
Depreciation understatement
Failure to accrue salaries at year end
(4,000)
4,000
6,000
8,000
12,000
(Adapted)
Requirements:
a.
What are net effects of the errors on Biden's 20x1 and 20x2
profit or loss, respectively?
b. What is the effect of the errors on Biden's December 31, 20x2
retained earnings?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fd3a1f87c-4acd-49ed-acd4-55101ae3ee6d%2F506e75e7-1290-485d-9b63-a58cc919d2bf%2F5b91ro3_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:16. Biden Corp. reports on a calendar-year basis. Its 20x1 and 20x2
financial statements contained the following errors:
20x1
20x2
Under (Over) statement of ending inventory 10,000
Depreciation understatement
Failure to accrue salaries at year end
(4,000)
4,000
6,000
8,000
12,000
(Adapted)
Requirements:
a.
What are net effects of the errors on Biden's 20x1 and 20x2
profit or loss, respectively?
b. What is the effect of the errors on Biden's December 31, 20x2
retained earnings?
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