Assume management intentionally misclassified a period expense as a product cost in order to meet analysts' earnings

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Assume management intentionally misclassified a period expense as a product cost in order to meet analysts' earnings expectations. The fraud later was discovered during the annual audit.

Required Explain how the misclassification enabled management to boost the company's earnings.

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Managerial Accounting Information For Decisions

ISBN: 9780324222432

4th Edition

Authors: Thomas L. Albright , Robert W. Ingram, John S. Hill

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