Errors and Accounting Changes
Errors and Accounting Changes
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A. Couilirbalancing er,rors- errorsthat affect both th€ net incomt of the year wften the error
was'.iornmitted and.,tfie ifnnrediate year thereafter in opposite directions. Counterbalancing
err6rs affectpe cr* rcal *ounts only.in the year of the comm*rsionof error. Real,acq,or,rnts
subsegnentltothe year of errof are alreadycorrccifyct$d. Examples,of counterbalancing errors
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wai commltted. Ttre net'lncome of the subsequentyear is alreadycoffeCtlystated. Non-
counterhifgrgtstgerforssffCct pcrtin6t{t'le*-1e$Su}fti$i the year the errOFwascommitted and
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p8g[il.ss l:T'tr,e wasrnadefor the yearended
tu# Rdirlot di' airoksof A#*t Compcny
Decandni Sf" t013. ln rsyicryingthe books,the auditor discoveredthat certqinadiuStmentshad
either beenoverlsql€dor improperlyrecordedat the enil of 2011,2012and 2013. 6rossprofit
is 2o%,ofsahc--Omierlsmaadother failuresfor eachyearare sumrnarized'below.
December31
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omissionsof ttrefoflowingaccounts: (U^lvtl"'kt -V
.a. Accruedinterestincome i,oo()' A,o0o '3,ooo
" 4,000 / 5,ooo 6,000
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AT c. AccountsReceivable V ail Vt !,rwvt lyl - I 7,000 8,00o i g,ooo
d. PrepaidExpenses 10,0@ 11,000.,12,0@
e. Advancesto suppliers 13,@ x4,000, q ftfm
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of the followingaccounts:
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f. Sales 15"00€ 17;qm 18.Om
:g. Metchandise
lfiventory L9,ffi 2o;m0-2X;000
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Required:
assumingthat the errorswere discoveredin your audit
I. preparethe audit adjustrnents
, periodendedDecernber3L,2013.
31, 2008
Decernber
December31, 2OO9
December
31, 20L0 4,500
December3L, 2011 5,500
December
31, 2008 2.800
December31, 2009 4,too
December31.,2010 3,300
December3L, 20tl 6,70A
b. Dividends had been declared in 2009 and in 2O10 but were not recordcd until paid the
following year. Dividendsdeclared in December2OLL,but paid and recorded only in
2012amounted to P125,000.
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c. Thecompahyreceivedtransportation e{uipmentasdonationfrom one of its stoCkhofders on
September30, 2010. As of the date of donation,the equipment has a historicdl
cost of
Pt,!z1,OAqa rernaining usefullife of 3 yearsand a fair valueof P360,0O0. The only entry
madeat the date of the donationwasthe entryexpensing whichis the fee paidto
P45,000,
effectthe transferof ownership.
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in 2009. In 2011 the company changed to the weiglrted everage methsd. The
following are the December31 inventory balancesunder each method:
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