Effects of Errors on Financial Statements The accountant for Healthy Life Company, a medical services consulting firm, mistakenly omitted adjusting entries for (a) unearned revenue earned during the year ($18,340) and (b) accrued wages ($5,140). If the net income for the current year had been $354,500, what would have been the correct net income if the proper adjusting entries had been made?

Effects of Errors on Financial Statements The accountant for Healthy Life Company, a medical services consulting firm, mistakenly omitted adjusting entries for (a) unearned revenue earned during the year ($18,340) and (b) accrued wages ($5,140). If the net income for the current year had been $354,500, what would have been the correct net income if the proper adjusting entries had been made?

Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis

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Chapter22: Accounting For Changes And Errors.

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