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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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Using the percentage-of-receivables method for recording bad debt expense, estimated uncollectible accounts are
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INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING(LL)-W/CONNECT
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