he following annual income statement and statement of retained earnings are prepared for Diaz Corporation. Diaz CORPORATION Profit Statement December 31, 2010 Sales income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $123,000 Service income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,000 Cost of sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,000 Gross profit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,000 Costs Salaries, wages, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000 Depreciation and write‑offs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,000 Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 Taxes, property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,100 Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 Sales return. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 Sundry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,700 (57,200) Special items Profit on asset sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000 Inventory shortage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,800) Pretax profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,000 Income tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200 Net profit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,800 Diaz CORPORATION Earned Surplus

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The following annual income statement and statement of retained earnings are prepared for

Diaz Corporation.

Diaz CORPORATION

Profit Statement

December 31, 2010

Sales income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $123,000

Service income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,000

Cost of sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,000

Gross profit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,000

Costs

Salaries, wages, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000

Depreciation and write‑offs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,000

Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000

Taxes, property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,100

Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900

Sales return. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000

Sundry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,700

(57,200)

Special items

Profit on asset sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000

Inventory shortage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2,800)

Pretax profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,000

Income tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200

Net profit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,800

Diaz CORPORATION

Earned Surplus

December 31, 2010

Balance, earned surplus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,000

Add . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,800

Correction of inventory error of 2019 (pretax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,800

Deduct

Earthquake loss (pretax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,000

Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000 27,000

Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,800

Required

Evaluate Diaz's financial statement presentation and format. There are at least 20 failures by the company re-

garding proper reporting, terminology, and format.

a. Identify 8 corrections for the income statement.

b. Identify 6 corrections for the statement of retained earnings.

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