Conrad Playground Supply underwent a restructuring in 2018. The company conducte

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Conrad Playground Supply underwent a restructuring in 2018. The company conducted a thorough internal audit, during which the following facts were discovered. The audit occurred during 2018 before any adjusting entries or closing entries are prepared a. Additional computers were acquired at the beginning of 2016 and added to the company's office network. The $41,500 cost of the computers was inadvertently recorded as maintenance expense. Computers have five-year useful lives and no material salvage value. This class of equipment is depreciated by the straight-line method. error was discovered a week later company uses the periodic inventory system points b. Two weeks prior to the audit, the company paid $13,500 for assembly tools and recorded the expenditure as office supplies. The c. On December 31, 2017, merchandise inventory was understated by $71,000 due to a mistake in the physical inventory count. The d. Two years earlier, the company recorded a 5% stock dividend (1,300 common shares, $1 par) as follows Print Retained earnings Common stock 1,3ee 1,380 The shares had a market price at the time of $11 per share e. At the end of 2017, the company failed to accrue $90,000 of interest expense that accrued during the last four months of 2017 on bonds payable. The bonds, which were issued at face value, mature in 2022. The following entry was recorded on March 1, 2018 when the semiannual interest was paid, as well as on September 1 of each year: Interest expense 135,e00 Cash 135,e00 f. A three-year liability insurance policy was purchased at the beginning of 2017 for $69,900. The full premium was debited to insurance expense at the time Required For each error, prepare any journal entry necessary to correct the error as well as any year-end adjusting entry for 2018 related to the situation described. (Ignore income taxes.) (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.) View transaction list Journal entry worksheet 4

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1a. To correct the error:

Equipment (cost)..................................................................... 41,500
    Accumulated depreciation ([$41,500 ÷ 5] x 2 years)............................ 16,600
    Retained earnings ($41,500 – [$8,300 x 2 years])..................... ................ 24,900

2018 adjusting entry:

Depreciation expense ($41,500 ÷ 5) ........................................... 8,300
    Accumulated depreciation.............................................................     8,300

b. To reverse erroneous entry:                           

Cash ..................................................................................... 13,500
    Office supplies ............................................................................. 13,500

To record correct entry:

Tools .................................................................................... 13,500
    Cash ............................................................................................ 13,500

Note: These entries can, of course, be combined.

c. To correct the error:

Inventory ......................................................................................... ..... 71,000
    Retained earnings ..................................................................... ................ 71,000

d. To correct the error:

Retained earnings ([$11 x 1,300 shares] – $1,300).......................... 13,000
    Paid-in capital – excess of par....................................................... 13,000

Note: A “small” stock dividend (<25%) requires that the market value of the additional shares be “capitalized.”

e. To correct the error:

Retained earnings (overstatement of 2017 income)....................... ..... 90,000
    Interest expense (overstatement of 2018 interest) .................................. 90,000

2018 adjusting entry:

Interest expense (4/6 x $135,000)............................................... 90,000
    Interest payable (4/6 x $135,000)....................................................... 90,000

f. To correct the error:

Prepaid insurance ($69,900 ÷ 3 yrs x 2 years: 2018-2019) ............... 46,600
    Retained earnings ($69,900 – [$69,900 ÷ 3 years]) .............................. 46,600

2018 adjusting entry:

Insurance expense ($69,900 ÷ 3 years) ......................................... ..... 23,300
    Prepaid insurance ......................................................................... 23,300

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