n connection with the closing of Rite Aid's books for the second quarter of FY 1998 (August 1997), Rite Aid credited its retail stores general ledger expense accounts for the month of August by a total of $9 million across eleven separate accounts. The amounts credited in August were reversed in the following month, September. The effect of the expense reductions was to overstate Rite Aid's pre-tax income for the second quarter of FY 1998 by $9 million. The reversal in the following month had the effect of understating pre-tax income in the third quarter of FY 1998. Joirnal entry used to cover up the fraud?

n connection with the closing of Rite Aid's books for the second quarter of FY 1998 (August 1997), Rite Aid credited its retail stores general ledger expense accounts for the month of August by a total of $9 million across eleven separate accounts. The amounts credited in August were reversed in the following month, September. The effect of the expense reductions was to overstate Rite Aid's pre-tax income for the second quarter of FY 1998 by $9 million. The reversal in the following month had the effect of understating pre-tax income in the third quarter of FY 1998. Joirnal entry used to cover up the fraud?

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