Partner B Invested Inventory Using the Retail Selling Price for Valuation

question 81

Multiple Choice

Partner B invested inventory using the retail selling price for valuation. Some of the inventory is unsold at period end. This error would cause:

• A) the period's net income to be overstated.
• B) the period's net income to be understated.
• C) the ending assets to be overstated.
• D) Both B and C are correct.

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