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Ch22S Errors
Ch22S Errors
2. On December 31, 2019, Grantham, Inc. appropriately changed its inventory valuation
method to FIFO cost from average cost for financial statement and income tax purposes.
The change will result in a $1,500,000 increase in the beginning inventory at January 1,
2019. Assume a 30% income tax rate.
What will be the cumulative effect of this accounting change on beginning retained
earnings?
3. On January 1, 2014, Powell Company purchased a building and machinery that have the
following useful lives, residual value, and costs.
Building, 25-year estimated useful life, $4,000,000 cost, $400,000 residual value
Machinery, 10-year estimated useful life, $500,000 cost, no residual value
The building has been depreciated under the straight-line method through 2018. In 2019, the
company decided to switch to the double-declining balance method of depreciation for the
building. Powell also decided to change the total useful life of the machinery to 8 years, with a
residual value of $25,000 at the end of that time. The machinery is depreciated using the straight-
line method.
Instructions
(a) Prepare the journal entry necessary to record the depreciation expense on the building in
2019.
(b) Compute depreciation expense on the machinery for 2019.
4. Quigley Co. bought a machine on January 1, 2017 for $875,000. It had a $75,000
estimated residual value and a ten-year life. An expense account was debited on the
purchase date. Quigley uses straight-line depreciation. This was discovered in 2019.
Instructions
In reviewing the accounts in 2020 after the books for the prior year have been closed, you find
that the following errors have been made in summarizing activities:
2017 2018 2019
Overstatement of ending inventory $42,000 $51,000 $24,000
Understatement of accrued advertising expense 6,600 12,000 7,200
Instructions
(a) Determine corrected net incomes for 2017, 2018, and 2019.
(b) Give the entry to bring the books of the company up to date in 2020, assuming that the books
have been closed for 2019.