Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Objectives:
Lets start:
Jane paid you in rent in advanced. So that is your unearned income, right? That rent is applicable in
July 1 this period up to July 1 in a next year period. But The company’s doing is like this:
Omission of Entry when paid Correct adjusting Profit on the year Profit the
or collected (cash entry OMITTED at of omission following year
basis) year end
Unearned income Dr. Cash 100k Dr. Rent income Overstated Understated
Cr. Rent income (half at the end of ADJUSTMENT: ADJUSTMENT:
100k the year) LESS (-) ADD (+)
Cr. Unearned
Income (half of
the year end)
Accrued income No entry Dr. Interest Understated Overstated
Receivable ADJUSTMENT: ADJUSTMENT:
Cr. Interest ADD (+) LESS (-)
Income
Prepaid expense Dr. Insurance Dr. Prepaid Understated Overstated
Expense insurance ADJUSTMENT: ADJUSTMENT:
Cr. Cash Cr. Insurance ADD (+) LESS (-)
Expense
Accrued Expense No entry Dr. Utilities Overstated Understated
expense ADJUSTMENT: ADJUSTMENT:
Cr. Utilities LESS (-) ADD (+)
payable
GUIDE:
Relation to Profit @ year of error
ASSET Direct (same effect)
Overstated asset Overstated Profit
ADJUSTMENT: LESS (-)
Understated asset Understated Profit
ADJUSTMENT:ADD (+)
PROBLEM 1:
The Meow Company was organized on January 1,2020 and since its inception has not recognized
accruals and deferrals. Selected accounts revealed the ff. information.
Based on the above and the result of your audit, compute the correct profit for the ff. year
1. In year 2020?
ANS: 264,000
2. In year 2021?
Ans: 122,000
3. In year 2022?
Ans: 211,000
Omission of Entry made when Entry made when Profit on the year Profit the
goods were cash is collected of omission following year
delivered at year the ff. year
of omission
Trade A/R No entry Dr. Cash Understated Overstated
Cr. Sales ADJUSTMENT: ADJUSTMENT:
ADD (+) LESS (-)
SHOULD BE:!!!! Dr. Trade /AR Dr. Cash
Cr. Sales Cr. Trade /AR
Omission of Entry made when Entry made when Profit on the year Profit the
cash is collected goods were of omission following year
in advance delivered the
following year
Advances from Dr. Cash No entry Overstated Understated
customer Cr. Sales ADJUSTMENT: ADJUSTMENT:
LESS (-) ADD (+)
SHOULD BE!!!! Dr. Cash Dr. Advances
Cr. Advances Customer
from customer Cr.Sales
CGS XX
NET INCOME
YEAR OF ERROR
Recording as income the unearned income that will be earned in 2 years or more
NET INCOME
YEAR OF ERROR
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
NET INCOME
YEAR OF ERROR
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
PROBLEM 2
The December 31 year end financial statements of Wiz Khalifa Company contain the ff. errors:
An insurance premium of 330,000 was prepaid in 2016 covering the years 2016,2017, and 2018.
The entire amount was charged to expense in 2016. In addition on December 31,2017 a fully
depreciated machinery was sold for 75,000 cash but the sale was not recorded until 2018. There were
no other errors during 2016 and 2017 and no corrections have been made for any of the errors. Ignore
income tax effects.
4. What is the total of the errors on Wiz Khalifa’s 2017 net income?
Ans: 123,500
5. What is the total effect of the errors on the amount of Wiz Khalifa working capital at
December 31,2017?
Ans: 144,500 UNDER
6. What is the total effect of the errors on the balance of Wiz Khalifa retained earnings at
December 31,2017?
Ans: 133,000
NET INCOME
YEAR OF ERROR
WORKING CAPITAL
WORKING CAPITAL
Current Asset Direct
Current Liability Inverse
WORKING CAPITAL
Overstatement of inventory 40,500 over
Understatement of prepaid expense 110,000 under
Understatement of cash 75,000 under
WORKING CAPITAL 144,500 UNDER
PROBLEM 3.
DECEMBER 31,2022
Additional notes:
A. Further review and investigation of the company books revealed the ff. omissions and errors
which were not corrected during the year of errors:
B. A 50,000 routinary repair cost incurred on its equipment at the beginning of 2019 was charged
to the equipment account and was depreciated using straight line method over the remaining
useful life of the equipment which was 5 years.
C. A 90,000 major repairs cost which enhanced the production capacity of one of its equipment
at the beginning of 2021 was charged to repaired expense, Remaining useful life of the related
production equipment was 3 years
Declared during the year 2019 to 2022 and no adjustment were made to retained earnings
The following net income:
NET INCOME
YEAR OF ERROR
Year 2019 2020 2021 2022
WORKING CAPITAL
WORKING CAPITAL
Understatement of prepaid asset 9,600 under
Understatement of unearned income 4,800 over
Understatement of accrued expense 800 over
Understatement of accrued income 2,400 under
Understatement of inventory 144,000 under
Understatement of inventory 150,400 under