During 2021, WMC Corporation discovered that its ending inventories reported on its financial statements were misstated by the following amounts:     2019 understated by $ 142,000   2020 overstated by   194,000     WMC uses the periodic inventory system and the FIFO cost method.   Required: 1-a. Determine the effect of 2019 errors on retained earnings at January 1, 2021, before any adjustments. (Ignore income taxes.) 1-b. Determine the effect of 2020 errors on retained earnings at January 1, 2021, before any adjustments. (Ignore income taxes.) 2. Prepare a journal entry to correct the error in 2021. 3. Will WMC account for the error (a) retrospectively or (b) prospectively?

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During 2021, WMC Corporation discovered that its ending inventories reported on its financial statements were misstated by the following amounts:
 

 
2019 understated by $ 142,000  
2020 overstated by   194,000  
 


WMC uses the periodic inventory system and the FIFO cost method.
 
Required:
1-a. Determine the effect of 2019 errors on retained earnings at January 1, 2021, before any adjustments. (Ignore income taxes.)
1-b. Determine the effect of 2020 errors on retained earnings at January 1, 2021, before any adjustments. (Ignore income taxes.)
2. Prepare a journal entry to correct the error in 2021.
3. Will WMC account for the error (a) retrospectively or (b) prospectively?

a. & b. are attached images

c. & d. are below (they are short please please answer)

c. Record correction of error journal entry form.

d. Will WMC account for the error (a) retrospectively or (b) prospectively?

 

 

2019
2019 effect on 2021
Beginning inventory
Plus: net purchases
Less: ending
inventory
Cost of goods sold
Beginning inventory
Plus: net purchases
Less: ending
inventory
Cost of goods sold
Revenues
Less: cost of goods
sold
Less: other
|expenses
Net income
Revenues
Less: cost of goods
sold
Less: other
expenses
Net income
Retained earnings
Retained earnings
K Req 1A
Req 1B >
Transcribed Image Text:2019 2019 effect on 2021 Beginning inventory Plus: net purchases Less: ending inventory Cost of goods sold Beginning inventory Plus: net purchases Less: ending inventory Cost of goods sold Revenues Less: cost of goods sold Less: other |expenses Net income Revenues Less: cost of goods sold Less: other expenses Net income Retained earnings Retained earnings K Req 1A Req 1B >
2020
Beginning inventory
Plus: net purchases
Less: ending inventory
Cost of goods sold
Revenues
Less: cost of goods
sold
Less: other expenses
Net income
Retained earnings
< Req 1A
Req 2 >
Transcribed Image Text:2020 Beginning inventory Plus: net purchases Less: ending inventory Cost of goods sold Revenues Less: cost of goods sold Less: other expenses Net income Retained earnings < Req 1A Req 2 >
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