During the Taking of Its Physical Inventory on December 31

question 47

Essay

During the taking of its physical inventory on December 31, Almond Supplies Company incorrectly counted its inventory as $545,000 instead of the correct amount of $554,000. Indicate the balance sheet effects of the error on inventory, current assets, total assets, and stockholders' equity. Also indicate the income statement effects of the error on cost of goods sold, gross profit, and net income.

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Definitions:

RNA

Ribonucleic acid, a molecule essential for various biological roles, including coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes.

Translation

Translation is a biological process by which messenger RNA is decoded by a ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide, that will fold into an active protein.

mRNA

Messenger ribonucleic acid, a type of RNA that conveys genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where they specify the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.

Ribosome

A ribosome is a cellular organelle that synthesizes proteins by translating messenger RNA into amino acid sequences.