Seles Hardware Limited reported the following amounts for its cost of goods sold and merchandise inventory:

Seles made two errors: (1) ending inventory for 2012 was overstated by $2,000 and (2) ending inventory for 2011 was understated by $4,000.
Instructions
(a) Calculate the correct ending inventory and cost of goods sold amounts for each year.
(b) Describe the impact of the error on
(1) Cost of goods sold,
(2) Profit before income tax,
(3) Assets,
(4) Liabilities,
(5) Total shareholders' equity for each of the two years.
(c) Explain why it is important that Seles Hardware correct these errors as soon as they are discovered.

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Cost of goods sold Ending inventory 2012 $168,000 37,000 2011 $154,000 30,000