Throughout the Current Year, Chan Company Treated Sales Taxes Paid

question 7

Multiple Choice

Throughout the current year, Chan Company treated sales taxes paid on purchases of PPE assets as revenue expenditures. As a result, the current year's:

• A) Profit is overstated.
• B) Revenue is overstated.
• C) Depreciation expense is understated.
• D) None of the above; payments of sales taxes should be treated as revenue expenditures.

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