Dudley Company failed to recognize the following accruals. It also recorded the prepaid expenses and unearned revenues

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Dudley Company failed to recognize the following accruals. It also recorded the prepaid expenses and unearned revenues as expenses and revenues, respectively, in the following year when paid or collected.

2019 2018 2020 Prepaid expenses Accrued expenses $ 900 $500 $1,100 800 700 950 Revenue received in advance 300 400 1,300

The reported pretax income was $20,000 in 2018, $25,000 in 2019, and $23,000 in 2020.


Required:
1. Compute the correct pretax income for 2018, 2019, and 2020.
2. Prepare the journal entries necessary in 2020 if the errors are discovered at the end of that year. Ignore income taxes.
3. Prepare the journal entries necessary in 2021 if the errors are discovered at the end of that year. Ignore income taxes.

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Intermediate Accounting Reporting and Analysis

ISBN: 978-1337788281

3rd edition

Authors: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach

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