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Effects of Errors on Financial Statements
Indicate the Immediate Effect

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Effects of errors on financial statements
Indicate the immediate effect of the following errors on each of the accounting elements described in the column headings below, using the following code: O = Overstated; U = Understated; NE = No Effect.
 Total  Total  Net  Total  Total  Owners’  Error  Revenue  Expenses  Income  Assets  Liabilities  Equity  Example: Received $500 cash for  services rendered to a customer, but  recorded the transaction as $50 U  NE  U  U  NE  U  (a.) Failed to record depreciation  expense for the period.  (b.) Recorded payment of an account  payable by a credit to cash and debit  to an expense account.  (c.) Failed to accrue interest earned on  investments during the period.  (d.) Recorded the purchase of office  equipment on account as a debit to  Supplies Expense and a credit to  Accounts Payable. \begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline & \text { Total } & \text { Total } & \text { Net } & \text { Total } & \text { Total } & \text { Owners' } \\\hline \text { Error } & \text { Revenue } & \text { Expenses } & \text { Income } & \text { Assets } & \text { Liabilities } & \text { Equity } \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Example: Received } \$ 500 \text { cash for } \\\text { services rendered to a customer, but } \\\text { recorded the transaction as } \$ 50\end{array} & \text { U } & \text { NE } & \text { U } & \text { U } & \text { NE } & \text { U } \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { (a.) Failed to record depreciation } \\\text { expense for the period. }\end{array} & & & & & & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { (b.) Recorded payment of an account } \\\text { payable by a credit to cash and debit } \\\text { to an expense account. }\end{array} & & & & & & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { (c.) Failed to accrue interest earned on } \\\text { investments during the period. }\end{array} & & & & & & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { (d.) Recorded the purchase of office } \\\text { equipment on account as a debit to } \\\text { Supplies Expense and a credit to } \\\text { Accounts Payable. }\end{array} & & & & & & \\\hline\end{array}

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