8-9 You were engaged by DIANE Company to audit its financial statements for the first time. In examining the books, you noted that certain adjustments had been overlooked at the end of 2020 and 2021. You also discovered that other items had been improperly recorded. These omissions and other errors for each year were summarized:        12-31-2021  12-31-2020  Salaries Payable  780,000  873,600  Interest Receivable  213,000  259,200  Prepaid Insurance  307,800  384,000  Advances from Customers  561,000  470,400  (Collections from customers had been recorded as sales but should have been recognized as advances from customers because goods were not shipped until the following year)        Machinery  522,000  564,000  (Capital expenditures had been recorded as repairs but should have been charged to Machinery; the depreciation rate is 10% per year, but depreciation in the year of expenditure is to be recognized at 5%)           What is the total effect of the errors on the 2020 net income?  Group of answer choices  none of the choices  Overstated by P165,000  Overstated by P80,400  Understated by P775,800  Understated by P1,236,600  What is the total effect of the errors on the 2021 net income?  Group of answer choices  Overstated by P324,300  Overstated by P380,700  Understated by P376,500  none of the choices  Understated by P320,100

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You were engaged by DIANE Company to audit its financial statements for the first time. In examining the books, you noted that certain adjustments had been overlooked at the end of 2020 and 2021. You also discovered that other items had been improperly recorded. These omissions and other errors for each year were summarized: 

  

  

12-31-2021 

12-31-2020 

Salaries Payable 

780,000 

873,600 

Interest Receivable 

213,000 

259,200 

Prepaid Insurance 

307,800 

384,000 

Advances from Customers 

561,000 

470,400 

(Collections from customers had been recorded as sales but should have been recognized as advances from customers because goods were not shipped until the following year) 

  

  

Machinery 

522,000 

564,000 

(Capital expenditures had been recorded as repairs but should have been charged to Machinery; the depreciation rate is 10% per year, but depreciation in the year of expenditure is to be recognized at 5%) 

  

  

  

What is the total effect of the errors on the 2020 net income? 

Group of answer choices 

none of the choices 

Overstated by P165,000 

Overstated by P80,400 

Understated by P775,800 

Understated by P1,236,600 

What is the total effect of the errors on the 2021 net income? 

Group of answer choices 

Overstated by P324,300 

Overstated by P380,700 

Understated by P376,500 

none of the choices 

Understated by P320,100

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