Reference no: EM132787509

In 2019, Dalia Corp, a calendar fiscal-year company, discovered that depreciation expense was erroneously overstated by $67,000 in both 2017 and 2018 for financial reporting purposes. Net income in 2019 is correct. The tax rate is 25%. The error was made only for financial reporting, affecting depreciation and deferred incometax accounts. CCA has been recorded correctly, and thus there will be no change in taxes payable.

Additional information:

                                                       2018                   2017

Beginning retained earnings       454,000             430,400
Earnings (with error in 2015)       85,400                95,900
Dividends declared                    62,200               72,300

REQUIRED:

Problem a) Prepare the entry in 2019 to correct the error.

Problem b) Prepare the comparative retained earnings section of the statement of changes in shareholders'equity for 2018 and 2019, reflecting the change.