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

 

2019

2018

2017

Net Sales Revenue

\(     212,000

\)    161,000

\(   170,000

Cost of Goods Sold:

 

 

 

         Beginning Merchandise Inventory

\)22,000

\(28,000

\)41,000

         Net cost of purchase

131,000

100,000

 86,000

         Cost of goods available for sale

153,000

128,000

127,000

         Less: Ending Merchandise Inventory

 34,000 

  22,000

 28,000

         Cost of goods sold

119,000

106,000 

99,000

Gross Profit

         93,000

         55,000

       71,000

Operating Expenses

   63,000

   28,000

   39,000

Net Income

\( 30,000

\) 27,000

$ 32,000

Requirements

1. Prepare corrected income statements for the three years. 
2. State whether each year’s net income—before your corrections—is understated oroverstated, and indicate the amount of the understatement or overstatement. 

3. Compute the inventory turnover and days’ sales in inventory using the correctedincome statements for the three years. (Round all numbers to two decimals.)

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                                                       2019                 2018            2017

Inventory Turnover---------------      5.45                 3.93                 2.36

Days’ sales in inventory--------        67                  92.87             154.66

1Step1: Correct Income statement

 

2019

2018

2017

Net Sales Revenue

$     212,000

$    161,000

$   170,000

Cost of Goods Sold:

 

 

 

            Beginning Merchandise Inventory

$22,000

$36,000

$41,000

         Net cost of purchase

131,000

100,000

 86,000

            Cost of goods available for sale

153,000

136,000

127,000

            Less: Ending Merchandise Inventory

 25,000 

  22,000

 36,000

            Cost of goods sold

128,000

114,000 

91,000

Gross Profit

         84,000

         47,000

       79,000

Operating Expenses

   63,000

   28,000

   39,000

Net Income

$ 21,000

$ 19,000

$ 40,000

2Step 2: Inventory turnover

For2019=CostofgoodssoldAverageInventory=$128,000$22,000+$25,0002=$128,000$23,500=5.45

For2018=CostofgoodssoldAverageInventory=$114,000$36,000+$22,0002=$114,000$29,000=3.93

For2017=CostofgoodssoldAverageInventory=$91,000$41,000+$36,0002=$91,000$38,500=2.36

3Step 3: Days’ sales in inventory

For2019=365Inventoryturnover=3655.45=67days

For2018=365Inventoryturnover=3653.93=92.87days

For2017=365Inventoryturnover=3652.36=154.66