The damage from the destruction of insured machinery that took place on 30/9/2020 was not recorded in the relevant accounts. The insurance company has undertaken to cover 70% of the residual value of the machines. The machines were purchased on 1/5/2018 instead of 198.000€ and the amount of the annual depreciation of the machines is 19.800€. A correction record is requested (a) if the error was found in the financial year (2020) and (b)

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Problem 15E: The following are independent errors: a. In January 2019, repair costs of 9,000 were debited to the...
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The damage from the destruction of insured machinery that took place on 30/9/2020 was not recorded in the relevant accounts. The insurance company has undertaken to cover 70% of the residual value of the machines. The machines were purchased on 1/5/2018 instead of 198.000€ and the amount of the annual depreciation of the machines is 19.800€. A correction record is requested (a) if the error was found in the financial year (2020) and (b) if the error was found in the next financial year (2021), i.e. the error while the correction was made in 2020, the correction entry is made in 2021.

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