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Explain how a merchandising company can manipulate earnings through its year-end inventories. What can an auditor do to detect this type of manipulation?


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Total Revenues

The total amount of income generated by the sale of goods or services before any expenses are subtracted.

Reversing Entries

These are journal entries made at the beginning of an accounting period to reverse or cancel out adjusting entries made at the end of the previous accounting period.

Adjusting Entries

Records in finance completed upon the conclusion of an economic term to apportion gains and expenditures to the era in which they authentically occurred.

Accrued Assets

Assets that are recognized on the balance sheet before they have been received or realized, often relating to income not yet received.

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