Problem 20-15 (Algo) Correction of errors; six errors [LO20-6] Conrad Playground Supply underwent a restructuring in 2024. The company conducted a thorough internal audit, during which the following facts were discovered. The audit occurred during 2024 before any adjusting entries or closing entries are prepared. a. Additional computers were acquired at the beginning of 2022 and added to the company's office network. The $45,500 cost of the computers was inadvertently recorded as maintenance expense. Computers have five-year useful lives and no material salvage value. This class of equipment is depreciated by the straight-line method. b. Two weeks prior to the audit, the company paid $17,500 for assembly tools and recorded the expenditure as office supplies. The error was discovered a week later. c. On December 31, 2023, merchandise inventory was understated by $79,000 due to a mistake in the physical inventory count. The company uses the periodic inventory system d. Two years earlier, the company recorded a 3% stock dividend (2,100 common shares, $1 par) as follows: Account Name Retained earnings Common stock Debit 2,100 Credit 2,100 The shares had a market price at the time of $13 per share. e. At the end of 2023, the company failed to accrue $106,000 of interest expense that accrued during the last four months of 2023 on bonds payable. The bonds, which were issued at face value, mature in 2028. The following entry was recorded on March 1, 2024, when the semiannual interest was paid, as well as on September 1 of each year Account Name Interest expense Cash Debit 159,000 Credit 159,000 f. A three-year liability insurance policy was purchased at the beginning of 2023 for $72,300. The full premium was debited to insurance expense at the time. Required: For each error, prepare any journal entry necessary to correct the error, as well as any year-end adjusting entry for 2024 related to the situation described. (Ignore income taxes.) Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.
Problem 20-15 (Algo) Correction of errors; six errors [LO20-6] Conrad Playground Supply underwent a restructuring in 2024. The company conducted a thorough internal audit, during which the following facts were discovered. The audit occurred during 2024 before any adjusting entries or closing entries are prepared. a. Additional computers were acquired at the beginning of 2022 and added to the company's office network. The $45,500 cost of the computers was inadvertently recorded as maintenance expense. Computers have five-year useful lives and no material salvage value. This class of equipment is depreciated by the straight-line method. b. Two weeks prior to the audit, the company paid $17,500 for assembly tools and recorded the expenditure as office supplies. The error was discovered a week later. c. On December 31, 2023, merchandise inventory was understated by $79,000 due to a mistake in the physical inventory count. The company uses the periodic inventory system d. Two years earlier, the company recorded a 3% stock dividend (2,100 common shares, $1 par) as follows: Account Name Retained earnings Common stock Debit 2,100 Credit 2,100 The shares had a market price at the time of $13 per share. e. At the end of 2023, the company failed to accrue $106,000 of interest expense that accrued during the last four months of 2023 on bonds payable. The bonds, which were issued at face value, mature in 2028. The following entry was recorded on March 1, 2024, when the semiannual interest was paid, as well as on September 1 of each year Account Name Interest expense Cash Debit 159,000 Credit 159,000 f. A three-year liability insurance policy was purchased at the beginning of 2023 for $72,300. The full premium was debited to insurance expense at the time. Required: For each error, prepare any journal entry necessary to correct the error, as well as any year-end adjusting entry for 2024 related to the situation described. (Ignore income taxes.) Note: If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.
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