GEN COMBO COLLEGE ACCOUNTING; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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ISBN: 9781260087376
Author: M. David Haddock Jr. Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 1ED
The president of Murray Stainless Steel Corporation has told you to go out to the factory and count merchandise inventory. He said the stockholders were coming for a meeting and he wanted to put on a good show. He asked you to make the inventory a bit heavy by counting one row twice. The higher ending inventory will show a higher net income. What should you do?
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