A Company Fails to Record One Storeroom Full of Inventory

question 174

Multiple Choice

A company fails to record one storeroom full of inventory in its year-end inventory records.As a result, this will cause:

• A)an overstatement of inventory on the year-end balance sheet.
• B)an understatement of gross profit in the following year.
• C)an overstatement of retained earnings at the end of the year.
• D)an overstatement of cost of goods sold for the current year.

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