During 2020, Wagner Converting discovers that a computational error was made on its 2019 financial statements. The error resulted in a $150,000 understatement of 2019 net income. Upon discovering the error, Wagner's accountant promptly adds $150,000 to the company's 2020 beginning Retained Earnings balance. What impact will this have on Wagner's Retained Earnings and why will it have that impact? O It will correctly raise Retained Earnings because the error should affect the Retained Earnings account, not an income account. O It will incorrectly raise Retained Earnings because an error that impacts income must always be corrected in an income statement account. O It will correctly raise Retained Earnings; however the error should first be recorded to Income Summary which is then posted to Retained Earnings. O It will incorrectly raise Retained Earnings because such errors must be recorded to the year in which they were made, not the year in which they were discovered.

During 2020, Wagner Converting discovers that a computational error was made on its 2019 financial statements. The error resulted in a $150,000 understatement of 2019 net income. Upon discovering the error, Wagner's accountant promptly adds $150,000 to the company's 2020 beginning Retained Earnings balance. What impact will this have on Wagner's Retained Earnings and why will it have that impact? O It will correctly raise Retained Earnings because the error should affect the Retained Earnings account, not an income account. O It will incorrectly raise Retained Earnings because an error that impacts income must always be corrected in an income statement account. O It will correctly raise Retained Earnings; however the error should first be recorded to Income Summary which is then posted to Retained Earnings. O It will incorrectly raise Retained Earnings because such errors must be recorded to the year in which they were made, not the year in which they were discovered.

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