Ending Inventory Is Incorrectly Calculated in the Current Year

question 69

Multiple Choice

Ending inventory is incorrectly calculated in the current year.It is accurately calculated at the end of the next year.The error in the ending inventory in the current year:

• A)affects only income statement accounts.
• B)affects only balance sheet accounts.
• C)can be ignored since it will self-correct.
• D)is a self-correcting error.

Interpret the significance of operating leverage and its effect on business profitability.

Analyze the effect of varying levels of sales on profit using cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis.

Use scatter diagrams as a tool for analyzing past cost behaviors and estimating future costs.

Understand and apply the high-low method for estimating fixed and variable costs.

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