On scrutiny of a firm‘s books of accounts, it was observed that the following errors have occurred in the previous years but have not yet been rectified.

i. Depreciation for 2011-2012- 7,000 understated
ii. Accrued expenses as at March 31, 2013 – 10,000 understated
The impact of this on the reported net income for the year ending March 31, 2013 is

A. 7,000 Overstated
B. 10,000 Overstated
C. 17,000 Understated
D. 17,000 Overstated

Net income will be overstated by 10,000 because the accrued expense are
understated. Under/ Overstatement of depreciation of the year 2011-2012 does not affect the net
income of current year i.e., 2012-13.]

Related Mcqs:

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 account

A. a, c and g
B. c, d and f
C. c, d, e and h
D. c, d, f and h
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.
Which of these errors affect two or more accounts
A. Errors of complete omission
B. Errors of principle
C. Errors of posting to wrong account
D. All the three
A chart of accounts generally start with which of the following types of accounts?
A. Assets accounts
B. liability accounts
C. Cash accounts
D. Revenue accounts
A systematic way to maintain the books of accounts is called_________?
A. Accountancy
B. Economics
C. Book Keeping
D. Auditing
If a transaction is completely omitted from the books of accounts, will it affect the agreement of a trial balance?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Transactions can’t be omitted
D. none of these
The real accounts are accounts of Assets, liabilities and ___________?
A. Expenses
B. Revenues
C. Capital
D. Drawing
Which of the following errors is an error of omission?
A. Sale of ` 100 was recorded in the Purchases Journal
B. Wages paid to Mohan have been debited to his account
C. The total of the sales journal has not been posted to the Sales Account
D. Repairs to buildings have been debited to buildings account
Which of the following is not correct about Errors?
A. Errors which affect one account can be errors of posting
B. Errors of omission arise when any transaction is left to be recorded
C. Errors of carry forward from one year to another year affect both Personal and Real A/c
D. Errors of commission arise when any transaction is recorded in a fundamentally incorrect manner
Which of the following errors affects the agreement of a Trial Balance?
A. Mistake in balancing an account
B. Omitting to record a transaction entirely in the subsidiary books
C. Recording of a wrong entry in the subsidiary books
D. Posting an entry on the correct side but in the wrong account