Question

The December 31, 2021, inventory of Tog Company, based on a physical count, was determined to be $467,000. Included in that count was a shipment of goods received from a supplier at the end of the month that cost $67,000. The purchase was recorded and paid for in 2022. Another supplier shipment costing $28,500 was correctly recorded as a purchase in 2021. However, the merchandise, shipped FOB shipping point, was not received until 2022 and was incorrectly omitted from the physical count. A third purchase, shipped from a supplier FOB shipping point on December 28, 2021, did not arrive until January 3, 2022. The merchandise, which cost $97,000, was not included in the physical count and the purchase has not yet been recorded.
The company uses a periodic inventory system.

Required:
a. Determine the correct December 31, 2021, inventory balance and, assuming that the errors were discovered after the 2021 financial statements were issued, analyze the effect of the errors on 2021 cost of goods sold, net income, and retained earnings. (Ignore income taxes.)
b. Prepare a journal entry to correct the errors.

Answer 1

Answer:

Tog Company

a. The correct December 31, 2021 balance of Inventory is

= $592,500.

b. The error increased the cost of goods sold, thereby reducing the net income and the retained earnings.

c. Journal Entries to correct errors:

Debit 2021 Inventory $67,000

Credit 2022 Inventory $67,000

To correct the error.

December 31, 2021

Debit Purchase $97,000

Credit Accounts Payable $97,000

To record the purchase of merchandise, shipped FOB shipping point on December 28, 2021.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Physical count Inventory =             $467,000

FOB shipping point 2021 =                28,500

December 28 FOB shipping point = 97,000

December 31, 2021 balance =     $592,500

The error would increase the cost of goods sold, thereby reducing the net income and the retained earnings.

Journal Entries to correct errors:

December 31, 2021

a. 2021 Inventory $67,000  2022 Inventory $67,000.  The records should be for 2021 and not 2022.

b. This only affects the physical count and not the records.

c. Purchase $97,000  Accounts Payable $97,000. Both the physical count and the records were omitted.