EcoClean, Inc., a household products chain, reported a prior-period adjustment in 2016. An accounting error caused net

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EcoClean, Inc., a household products chain, reported a prior-period adjustment in 2016. An accounting error caused net income of 2015 to be understated by $13 million. Retained earnings at December 31, 2015, as previously reported, was $344 million. Net income for 2016 was $97 million, and 2016 dividends declared were $68 million.
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1. Using the end-of-chapter summary problem as an example, prepare the company's statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31, 2016. How does the prior-period adjustment affect EcoClean's net income for 2016?
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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0134127620

11th edition

Authors: Walter Harrison, Charles Horngren, William Thomas, Wendy Tietz

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