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Question: Empire State Carpets’s books show the following data. In early 2020, auditors foundthat the ending merchandise inventory for 2017 was understated by \(8,000 and thatthe ending merchandise inventory for 2019 was overstated by \)9,000. The ending merchandiseinventory at December 31, 2018, was correct.

 

2019

2018

2017

Net Sales Revenue

\(     220,000

\)    162,000

\(   176,000

Cost of Goods Sold:

 

 

 

         Beginning Merchandise Inventory

\)22,000

\(29,000

\)46,000

         Net cost of purchase

132,000

  90,000

 76,000

         Cost of goods available for sale

154,000

119,000

122,000

         Less: Ending Merchandise Inventory

 32,000 

  22,000

 29,000

         Cost of goods sold

122,000

97,000 

93,000

Gross Profit

         98,000

         65,000

       83,000

Operating Expenses

   72,000

   38,000

   48,000

Net Income

\( 26,000

\) 27,000

$ 35,000

Requirements

1. Prepare corrected income statements for the three years.

Step-by-Step Solution

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Answer

Correct figures for 2017, 2018, and 2019 -

 

2017

2018

2019

Opening Inventory

-

$37,000

-

Ending Inventory

$37,000

-

$23,000

COGS

$85,000

$105,000

$131,000

Gross Profit

$91,000

$57,000

$89,000

Net Income

$43,000

$19,000

$17,000


1Step-by-Step-Solution Step1: Income statement

An income statement is the list of all incomes and expenses that are incurred for a given period. These expenses and incomes are segregated at each level of business activity and based on this gross and net income are determined

2Step 2: Corrected income statement

As the ending inventory for 2017 and 2019 has been entered incorrectly, the corrected income statement would be made after adjusting for this error.

Correct Income statement

 

2019

2018

2017

Net Sales Revenue

$        220,000

$    162,000

$   176,000

Cost of Goods Sold:

 

 

 

            Beginning Merchandise Inventory

$22,000

$37,000

$46,000

         Net cost of purchase

132,000

  90,000

 76,000

            Cost of goods available for sale

154,000

127,000

122,000

            Less: Ending Merchandise Inventory

 23,000 

  22,000

 37,000

            Cost of goods sold

131,000

105,000 

85,000

Gross Profit

89,000

         57,000

          91,000

Operating Expenses

   72,000

   38,000

   48,000

Net Income

$ 17,000

$ 19,000

$ 43,000


3Step 3: Explanation for the above income statement

The income statement above has been corrected by making the ending inventory for2017 correct first. This correction has made the ending inventory for 2017 amount to $37,000.  Thus the opening inventory for 2018 has also become the same.

 

The above correction led to a change in the cost of goods sold and gross profit for 2017 and 2018.

 

In 2019 the ending inventory was again corrected for overestimation. This has affected the cost of goods sold and gross profit for 2019.