Intermediate Accounting
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259722660
Author: J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 20.12BE
Error correction
• LO20–6
In 2018, the internal auditors of Development Technologies, Inc., discovered that (a) 2017 accrued wages of $2 million were not recognized until they were paid in 2018, and (b) a $3 million purchase of merchandise in 2018 was recorded in 2017 instead. The physical inventory count at the end of 2017 was correct. Ignoring income taxes, what
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Intermediate Accounting
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