A. 17,000 (overstated.
B. 12,000 (understated.
C. 7,000 (overstated.
D. 7,000 (understated.
C. Overstatement of closing stock results in overstatement of profit and overstatement of
opening stock results in understatement of profit. In the instant case, there will be overstatement of
profit by 12,000 – 5,000 = 7,000.
Related Mcqs:
- Budgeted sales for the next year is 5,00,000 units. Desired ending finished goods inventory is 1,50,000 units and equivalent units in ending W-I-P inventory is 60,000 units. The opening finished goods inventory for the next year is 80,000 units, with 50,000 equivalent units in beginning W-I-P inventory How many equivalent units should be produced?
A. 5,80,000
B. 5,50,000
C. 5,00,000
D. 5,75,000 - During the year 2011-2012, the value of closing inventory was overstated by 25,000. Which of the following is true?
A. The cost of goods sold was overstated during 2011-2012 and income will be understated during 2012-2013
B. The income was overstated during 2011-12 and closing inventory will be overstated during 2012-2013
C. The retained earnings was overstated during 2011-2012 and retained earnings will be understated during 2012-2013
D. The cost of goods sold was understated during 2011-2012 but retained earnings will not be affected during 2012-2013 - While finalizing the current year‘s accounts, the company realized that an error was made in the calculation of closing stock of the previous year. In the previous year, closing stock was valued more by 50,000. As a result
A. Previous year‘s profit is overstated and current year‘s profit is also overstated.
B. Previous year‘s profit is understated and current year‘s profit is overstated.
C. Previous year‘s profit is overstated and current year‘s profit is understated.
D. There will be no impact on the profit of either the previous year or the current year. - Find the value of opening stock from the following data. Purchases 1,50,000, Closing stock 30,000 Sales 2,20,000, Gross profit 40,000.
A. 50,000
B. 55,000
C. 60,000
D. 65,000 - For the past 3 years, DK Ltd. has failed to accrue unpaid wages earned by workers during the last week of the year. The amounts omitted, which were considered material, were as follows:
March 31,2010 – ` 56,000
March 31, 2011 – ` 51,000
March 31, 2012 – ` 64,000
The entry on March 31, 2012 to rectify these omissions would include aA. Credit to wage expense for ` 64,000
B. Debit to wage expense for ` 64,000
C. Debit to wage expense for ` 51,000
D. Debit to wage expense for ` 13,000 - Riaz holds an average inventory of 36,000(CP) with an inventory turnover of 5 times. If the firm makes a gross profit of 25% on sales, find the total sales of the company.
A. 2,40,000
B. 2,10,000
C. 2,00,000
D. 1,80,000 - A few errors committed in Ahhiwalia’s books of account are given below. State which errors would affect the Trial Balance.
(a). Sales of `950 to Ram completely omitted from books of account
(b). Purchases of `720 from Shyam entered in the purchases journal as `700
(c). Purchases Journal is overcast by `1,000
(d). Sales returns journal is undercast by `200
(e) Amount paid to Agarwal wrongly posted to the debit to Mittal’s account
(f) Bank overdraft shown under debit column in the Trial Balance
(g) Sales of `500 to Sadiq entered in sales journal as sales to Mushtaq
(h) Wages paid for installation of machinery debited to wages accountA. a, c and g
B. c, d and f
C. c, d, e and h
D. c, d, f and h - Which of the following statements is true with regard to written down value method of depreciation?
i. The rate at which the asset is written off reduces year after year
ii. The amount of depreciation provided reduces from year to year
iii. The rate of depreciation as well as the amount of depreciation reduce year after year
iv. The value of the asset gets reduced to zero over a period of timeA. Only (i) above
B. Only (ii) above
C. Both (i) and (ii) above
D. (i),(ii) and (iii) above - A company is currently operating at 80% capacity level. The production under normal capacity level is 1,50,000 units. The variable cost per unit is ` 14 and the total fixed costs are ` 8,00,000. If the company wants to earn a profit of ` 4,00,000, then the price of the product per unit should be
A. 37.50
B. 38.25
C. 24.00
D. 35.00 - Recent developments have made much of a company‘s inventory obsolete. This obsolete inventory should be?
A. Written down to zero or its scrap value
B. Shown in the Balance Sheet at its replacement cost
C. Shown in the Balance Sheet at cost, but classified as a non-current asset
D. Carried in the accounting records at cost until it is sold
The correct answer to the question: "The beginnings inventory of the current year is overstated by 5,000 and closing inventory is overstated by 12,000. These errors will cause the net income for the current year by" is "7,000 (overstated.".