The net income per books of Russell Industries Limited was determined without any knowledge of the following errors. The 2012 year was Russell's first year in business. No dividends have been declared or paid.

Instructions
(a) Prepare a work sheet to show the adjusted net income figure for each of the six years after taking the inventory corrections into account.
(b) Prepare a schedule that indicates both the original retained earnings balance reported at the end of each year and the corrected amount.
(c) Consider the trends in the increase in income from 2012 to 2017 as originally reported and as revised after the corrections. Would you suspect that the income is being manipulated by adjusting the ending balance in the inventory account?

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Net Income per Books Year Error in Ending Invento 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 $50,000 52,000 54,000 56,000 58,000 Overstated Overstated Understated No error Understated Overstated $ 5,000 9,000 11,000 2,000 10,000