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Errors in Ending Inventory From time to time, business news will report that the management of a company has misstated its profits by knowingly establishing an incorrect amount for its ending inventory. Required: Why would a manager intent on misstating profits choose ending inventory to achieve the desired effect?

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Errors in Ending Inventory

From time to time, business news will report that the management of a company has misstated its profits by knowingly establishing an incorrect amount for its ending inventory.

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Why would a manager intent on misstating profits choose ending inventory to achieve the desired effect?

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