Bronco Corporation discovered these errors in August of Year 3: Year Depreciation Overstated Prepaid Expense Omitted
1 $2500 $3000
2 4000 2000

Assume all current items are two months in duration. Net Income for Year 2 was $18,000. Assume all errors are discovered in August of Year #3. The Year #2 books are closed. The net effect on Year #3 Beginning Retained Earnings caused by the August Year #3 correcting journal entries was:

a. $5,500
b. $6,500
c. $6,000
d. $8,500
e. $4,500

e. $4,500

Explanation:

Year            Depreciation overstated         Prepaid expense omitted

1                              $2,500                                $3,000

2                             $4,000                                $2,000

Year 2's net income = net income (year 2) + overstated depreciation (year 2) + omitted prepaid expenses (year 1) - omitted prepaid expenses (year 2) = $18,000 + $4,000 + $3,000 - $2,000 = $23,000

This means that year 2's net income was understated by $5,000.

But year 1's net income was overstated by = $2,500 - $3,000 = -$500.

The adjustment on the retained earnings account should be $5,000 - $500 = $4,500

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