Impact of Errors on Income Statement
Trinity Company discovered the following errors in Year 2.
Required:
a. Indicate how each item would impact net income in Year 1 (overstatement, understatement, or no effect).
b. Indicate how each item would impact net income in Year 2 (overstatement, understatement, or no effect).
1. Interest expense of $3,000 was not accrued at the end of Year 1. The amount was paid and expensed in Year 2 instead.
Year 1 Net Income Impact: Overstatement
Year 2 Net Income Impact: Understatement
2. The supplies account at the end of Year 1 was not adjusted for supplies used. The supplies account was reduced in Year 2.
Year 1 Net Income Impact: Overstatement
Year 2 Net Income Impact: Understatement
3. An error in the input of salvage values and useful lives into the depreciation system resulted in an overstatement of depreciation expense by $5,000 in Year 1. Depreciation expense was calculated correctly in Year 2.
Year 1 Net Income Impact: Overstatement
Year 2 Net Income Impact: No effect
4. A $5,000 accrual for vacation earned in Year 1 (but taken in Year 2) was not included in the financial statements in Year 1.
Year 1 Net Income Impact: Understatement
Year 2 Net Income Impact: Overstatement
5. The insurance premium of $800 covering Year 2, and paid in December of Year 1, was expensed in Year 1.
Year 1 Net Income Impact: Overstatement
Year 2 Net Income Impact: No effect