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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.) Recorded twice a sale of services  to a customer.  (b.) Recorded the purchase of office  equipment on account as a debit to  Office Equipment and a credit to  Accounts Receivable  (c.) Failed to record interest accrued  at end of period on note payable.  (d.) Recorded collection of account  receivable by debit to Cash and credit  to Revenue. \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.) Recorded twice a sale of services } \\\text { to a customer. }\end{array} & & & & & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { (b.) Recorded the purchase of office } \\\text { equipment on account as a debit to } \\\text { Office Equipment and a credit to } \\\text { Accounts Receivable }\end{array} & & & & & & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { (c.) Failed to record interest accrued } \\\text { at end of period on note payable. }\end{array} & & & & & & \\\hline \begin{array} { l } \text { (d.) Recorded collection of account } \\\text { receivable by debit to Cash and credit } \\\text { to Revenue. }\end{array} & & & & & & \\\hline\end{array}

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