
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
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ISBN: 9781259535314
Author: David Marshall, Wayne William McManus, Daniel Viele
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.8E
Exercise 9.8
LO 2
Effects of inventory error Assume that the ending inventory of a merchandising firm is overstated by $20,000.
Required:
a.By how much and in what direction (overstated or understated) will the firm’s cost of goods sold be misstated?
h.
If this error is not corrected, what effect will it have on the subsequent period’s operating income?
c.If this error is not corrected, what effect will it have on the total operating income of the two periods (the period in which
there is an error and the subsequent period) combined?
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Chapter 9 Solutions
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.1MECh. 9 - Mini-Exercise 9.2 LO 5 Calculate operating income...Ch. 9 - Mini-Exercise 9.3 LO 6 Calculate basic EPS Net...Ch. 9 - Mini-Exercise 9.4
LO 10
Calculate cash flows from...Ch. 9 - Exercise 9.5
LO 1
Calculate earned revenues Big...Ch. 9 - Exercise 9.6 LO 1 Calculate earned revenues...Ch. 9 - Exercise 9.7 LO 2 Effects of inventory error If...Ch. 9 - Exercise 9.8 LO 2 Effects of inventory error...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.9ECh. 9 - Prob. 9.10E
Ch. 9 - Exercise 9.11 LO 5 Operating income versus net...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.12ECh. 9 - Prob. 9.13ECh. 9 - Prob. 9.14ECh. 9 - Prob. 9.15ECh. 9 - Prob. 9.16ECh. 9 - Prob. 9.17ECh. 9 - Prob. 9.18ECh. 9 - Problem 9.19 LO 5 Calculate operating income and...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.20PCh. 9 - Problem 9.21
LO 3
Use gross profit ratio to...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.22PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.23PCh. 9 - Problem 9.24
LO 10
Prepare a statement of cash...Ch. 9 - Problem 9.25
LO 10
Cash flows from operating,...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.26PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.27PCh. 9 - Problem 9.28 LO 10. 11 Complete balance sheet and...Ch. 9 - Prob. 9.29PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.30PCh. 9 - Prob. 9.31CCh. 9 - Prob. 9.32CCh. 9 - Prob. 9.33C
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