Intermediate Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259722660
Author: J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.28E
Inventory errors
• LO9–7
In 2018, the controller of Sytec Corporation discovered that $42,000 of inventory purchases were incorrectly charged to advertising expense in 2017. In addition, the 2017 year-end inventory count failed to include $30,000 of company merchandise held on consignment by Erin Brothers. Sytec uses a periodic inventory system. Other than the omission of the merchandise on consignment, the year-end inventory count was correct. The amounts of the errors are deemed to be material.
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1. Determine the effect of the errors on
2. Prepare a
3. What other step(s) would be taken in connection with the correction of the errors?
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(LO 6 ) (Analysis of Inventories) The financial statements of ConAgra Foods, Inc.'s 2017 annual report disclose the following information.
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