ERRORS IN ENDING INVENTORY. From time to time, business newspapers report that the management of a company

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ERRORS IN ENDING INVENTORY. From time to time, business newspapers report that the management of a company has misstated its profits by knowingly establishing an incorrect amount for its periodic-system ending inventory.

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1. Explain how a misstatement of ending inventory can affect profit.

2. Why would a manager intent on misstating profits choose ending inventory to achieve the desired effect? lol

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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 9780070213555

5th Edition

Authors: Robert K. Eskew, Daniel L. Jensen

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