Correction of Errors PDF
Correction of Errors PDF
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CORRECTION OF ERRORS
DARRELL JOE O. ASUNCION, CPA, MBA
CORRECTION OF ERRORS
DARRELL JOE O. ASUNCION, CPA MBA
CORRECTION OF ERRORS
ERRORS
According to Philippine Standards on Auditing No. 240, “error refers to an unintentional misstatement in financial statements
including the omission of an amount or a disclosure, including:
1. A mistake in gathering or processing data from which financial statements are prepared;
2. An incorrect accounting estimate arising from oversight or misinterpretation of facts;
3. A mistake in the application of accounting principles relating to measurement, recognition, classification, presentation or
disclosure.”
FRAUD
Fraud refers to the intentional act by one or more individuals among management, those charged with governance, employees,
or third parties, involving the use of deception to obtain an unjust or illegal advantage.
When it is impracticable to determine the period-specific effects of an error on comparative information for one or more prior
periods presented, the entity shall restate the opening balances of assets, liabilities and equity for the earliest period for which
retrospective restatement is practicable (which may be the current period).
When it is impracticable to determine the cumulative effect at the beginning of the current period of an error on all prior periods,
the entity shall restate the comparative information to correct the error prospectively from the earliest date practicable.
Effect in
Errors affecting cost of sales: Cost of Sales Relationship
If Beginning inventories are overstated Overstated Direct
If Net purchases are overstated Overstated Direct
If Ending inventories are overstated Understated Inverse
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Working capital
Working capital is the capital of a business that is used in its day-to-day trading operations, computed as the current assets
minus the current liabilities.
Effect in
Errors affecting working capital: working capital Relationship
If the current assets are overstated Overstated Direct
If the current liabilities are overstated Understated Inverse
TYPES OF ERRORS
1. Balance sheet or statement of financial position errors
2. Income statement errors
3. Combined statement of financial position and income statement errors
a. Counterbalancing errors
b. Non-counterbalancing errors
When the error is discovered in the error year, the company reclassifies the item to its proper position.
If the error in a prior year is discovered in a subsequent period, the company should restate the statement of financial position
of the prior year for comparative purposes.
A company must make a reclassification entry when it discovers the error in the error year.
If the error discovered pertains to a prior year, the company should restate the income statement of the prior year for
comparative purposes.
Since these errors involve two nominal accounts, net income and retained earnings during the period are unaffected.
1) Purchases of merchandise of ₱25,000 in 2016 was erroneously debited to office supplies expense.
2) Preference share capital of ₱28,000 in 2016 was erroneously credited to ordinary share capital.
The following data were extracted from the financial statements of Jessica Corporation:
2016 2017
Net income 200,000 160,000
Working capital 180,000 260,000
RE, end of the year 200,000 360,000
Questions:
Based on the above data, determine the following:
1. Net Income in 2016
a. 200,000 c. 225,000
b. 203,000 d. 228,000
7. Prepare adjusting entries assuming errors were discovered in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, and (c) 2018.
Counterbalancing Errors
Counterbalancing errors are errors that will offset or be corrected over two accounting periods. Examples include the following:
Omissions of the following:
1. Deferred expense (or Prepayments under the expense method.)
2. Deferred income (Precollection under the revenue method.)
3. Accrued Expenses
4 Accrued Revenues
1) Accrued interest expense of ₱18,000 was not recorded at the end of 2016.
2) Accrued rent receivable of ₱25,000 was not recorded at the end of 2016.
3) The company paid one-year insurance premium of ₱24,000 effective March 1, 2016. The entire amount was debited to
expense account and no adjustment was made at the end of 2016.
4) The company leased a portion of its building for ₱36,000. The term of the lease is one year ending April 1, 2017. Collection
of rent was credited to rent revenue account. At the end of 2016, no entry was made to take up the unearned portion of the
amount collected.
The following data were extracted from the financial statements of Jane Corporation:
2016 2017
Net income 200,000 160,000
Working capital 180,000 260,000
RE, end of the year 200,000 360,000
Questions:
Based on the above data, determine the following:
1. Net Income in 2016
7. Prepare adjusting entries assuming errors were discovered in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, and (c) 2018.
1) Purchase of merchandise on account on December 24, 2016 amounting to ₱50,000 was not recorded until it was paid in
January 2017. The merchandise was properly included in the ending inventory in 2016.
2) Sale of merchandise on account on December 30, 2016 amounting to ₱60,000 was not recorded until it was collected in
January 2017. The merchandise was properly excluded in the ending inventory in 2016.
3) On December 31, 2016, the ending inventory was understated by ₱30,000.
The following data were extracted from the financial statements of Girlie Corporation:
2016 2017
Net income 200,000 160,000
Working capital 180,000 260,000
RE, end of the year 200,000 360,000
Questions:
Based on the above data, determine the following:
1. Net Income in 2016
7. Prepare adjusting entries assuming errors were discovered in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, and (c) 2018.
NON-COUNTERBALANCING ERRORS
Non-counter balancing errors do not offset in the next accounting period. Therefore, companies must make correcting entries,
even if they have closed the books.
Examples:
1. Prepayments under the asset method
2. Precollection under the liability method
3. Error in recording depreciation
4. Improper capitalization of expense
5. Improper expensing of capital expenditures
6. Error in recording of proceeds of sale of an asset (e.g. PPE) as other income
1) The Company paid one- year insurance premium of ₱36,000 effective March 1, 2017. The entire amount was debited to
asset account and no adjustment was made at the end of 2017.
2) The company leased a portion of its building for ₱30,000. The term of the lease is one year ending April 30, 2018. Collection
of rent was credited to unearned rent revenue account. At the end of 2017, no entry was made to take up the earned portion
of the amount collected.
3) Depreciation expense in 2017 was overstated by ₱12,000.
4) Improvements on building amounting to ₱200,000 had been charged to expense on January 1, 2017. Improvements have a
life of 4 years.
5) On January 1, 2017, an equipment costing ₱60,000 was sold for ₱20,000. At the date of sale, the equipment had an
accumulated depreciation of ₱48,000. The cash received was recorded as other income in 2017.
6) Repairs expense on the building amounting to ₱20,000 had been charged to the building account on January 1, 2017.
Depreciation expense has been recorded in 2017 to 2018 based on the 4 year remaining useful life of the building.
The following data were extracted from the financial statements of Joy Corporation:
2017 2018
Net income 200,000 160,000
Working capital 180,000 260,000
RE, end of the year 200,000 360,000
Questions:
Based on the above data, determine the following:
1. Net income in 2017
a. ₱194,000 c. ₱216,500
b. ₱206,000 d. ₱325,000
7. Prepare adjusting entries assuming errors were discovered in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, and (c) 2019.
On December 31, 2017, fully depreciated machinery was sold for ₱108, 000 cash but the sale was not recorded until 2018.
b. Interest of ₱13,000 was received from a borrower on December 23, 2018. It was recorded as income at that time even
though the interest pertains to 2019.
c. Invoices for office supplies purchased have been charged to expense accounts when received. Inventories of supplies
on hand at the end of each year have been ignored and no entry has been made for them.
d. You also discovered that on January 1, 2016, the company completed a major repair on the company’s machinery and
equipment incurring a total cost of ₱440,000, which it had charged to repairs expense. The said equipment has been
used in operations for 5 years as of January 1, 2016. The equipment which had an original cost of ₱1,000,000 had a
carrying value of 500,000 as of December 31, 2018.
INCOME STATEMENT
For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015
2016 2015
Sales ₱1,000,000 ₱900,000
Cost of sales 430,000 395,000
Gross profit 570,000 505,000
Operating expenses 210,000 205,000
Administrative expenses 140,000 105,000
Net income ₱ 220,000 ₱ 195,000
During the course of the audit, the following additional facts were determined:
A. On December 31, 2016, Daniel provided uncollectible accounts based on 2% of its annual sales. Daniel changed its method
of determining its allowance for uncollectible by 10% based on accounts receivable.
B. An analysis of trading securities revealed that this investment portfolio consisted entirely of securities that were acquired
in 2015. The total market valuation for these investments as of the end of each year was as follows:
December 31, 2015 ₱81,000
December 31, 2016 62,000
C. The merchandise inventory at December 31, 2015 was overstated by ₱4,000, and the merchandise inventory at December
31, 2016 was overstated by ₱6,100.
D. On January 1, 2015, equipment costing ₱12,000 (estimated useful life of ten years and residual value of ₱1,000) was
incorrectly charged to operating expenses. Daniel records depreciation on straight-line method.
E. At the beginning of 2016, fully depreciated equipment (with no residual value) that originally cost ₱17,500 was sold at scrap
for ₱2,500. Although Daniel credited the proceeds of ₱2,500 to property and equipment, no depreciation has been provided
on this equipment.
F. An analysis of 2015 operating expenses revealed that Daniel charged to expense a three-year insurance premium of ₱2,700
on January 2, 2015.
Questions:
Based on the above data, compute for the following:
1. The adjusted net income in 2015.
a. ₱203,700 c. ₱200,700
b. ₱206,700 d. ₱199,700
2. The adjusted net income in 2016.
a. ₱212,400 c. ₱196,400
b. ₱197,200 d. ₱194,700
3. The adjusted current asset in 2015.
a. ₱636,000 c. ₱639,900
b. ₱643,000 d. ₱640,800
4. The adjusted total asset in 2016.
a. ₱836,400 c. ₱855,000
b. ₱837,300 d. ₱852,500
5. The adjusted shareholders’ equity in 2016.
a. ₱715,900 c. ₱749,900
b. ₱753,900 d. ₱748,900
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