Armstrong Inc. is a calendar-year corporation. Its financial statements for the years ended 12/31/20 and 12/31/21 contained the following errors:   2020 2021 Ending inventory $50,000 overstatement $80,000 understatement Depreciation expense 20,000 understatement 40,000 overstatement Assume that the 2020 errors were  not corrected and that no errors occurred in 2019. By what amount will 2020 income before income taxes be overstated or understated?     $30,000 understatement     $30,000 overstatement     $70,000 overstatement     $70,000 understatement

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Armstrong Inc. is a calendar-year corporation. Its financial statements for the years ended 12/31/20 and 12/31/21 contained the following errors:

  2020 2021
Ending inventory $50,000 overstatement $80,000 understatement
Depreciation expense 20,000 understatement 40,000 overstatement


Assume that the 2020 errors were  not corrected and that no errors occurred in 2019. By what amount will 2020 income before income taxes be overstated or understated?

   

$30,000 understatement

   

$30,000 overstatement

   

$70,000 overstatement

   

$70,000 understatement

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