Describe the effect of the errors on the income statement

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You will use the information provided below for Costa Company for this application.Below find a working trial balance for Costa Company. This format is often used during the preparation phase of the financial statements since it provides a good overview.

Required:

Your task is to prepare an income statement and a balance sheet in good format after adjusting for the two errors below.

• A physical count of inventory indicates $70,500 on hand.
• There's a check for $5,000 from a customer that has not been recorded in the working trial balance. The sale was never recorded in the first place, so the transaction relating to this sale is missing.

In addition:

1. Describe the effect of the errors on the income statement and balance sheet.
2. Is this company profitable? How do you determine whether or not this is the case?
3. Is the company in a solid financial position? (Comment on balance sheet.)

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Always include the name of the organization(s), time period covered and source of information. It is important to answer the questions as posed. The document should be from 2 to 4 pages and written in a clear and concise manner. Don't forget to include tables as required. Support your discussion or tables with references in APA format. You are encouraged to use Excel or other compatible spreadsheet when computations are involved. You can turn in the spreadsheet instead of the Word document. The content should be equivalent to the page length suggested for a word processing document.

Costa Company

31-Dec-12

Trial Balance (accounts in alphabetical order)

Accounts

Working Trial Balance

Balance Sheet

Income Statement

 

Debit

Credit

Debit

Credit

Debit

Credit

 

Credit

Accounts payable

 

$14,500

 

$14,500

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

$18,000

 

$18,000

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

41,500

 

41,500

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

10,000

 

10,000

 

 

 

 

Depreciation expense

18,250

 

 

 

18,250

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold

402,610

 

 

 

402,610

 

 

 

Equipment (net of depreciation)

325,000

 

325,000

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

1,500

 

 

 

1,500

 

 

 

Inventory

80,500

 

80,500

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

105,000

 

105,000

 

 

 

 

Marketing

5,600

 

 

 

5,600

 

 

 

Misc. expenses

4,500

 

 

 

4,500

 

 

 

Paid-in capital

 

90,000

 

90,000

 

 

 

 

Property taxes

6,500

 

 

 

6,500

 

 

 

Rent

22,000

 

 

 

22,000

 

 

 

Retained earnings

 

156,400

 

245,500

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

619,400

 

 

 

619,400

 

619,400

Salaries

61,940

 

 

 

61,940

 

 

 

Utilities

7,400

 

 

 

7,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

$995,300

$995,300

$465,000

$465,000

$530,300

 

 

$619,400

Reference no: EM13487042

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