Chapter 4: 7Q (page 169)
How can earnings management affect the quality of earnings?
The quality of earnings is negatively affected by earnings management. Earnings management lowers the reliability element of income.
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The following are selected ledger accounts of Spock Corporation on December 31, 2017.
Cash \( 185,000 Salaries and wages expense (sales) \)284,000
Inventory 535,000 Salaries and wages expense (office) 346,000
Sales revenue 4,275,000 Purchase returns 15,000
Unearned sales revenue 117,000 Sales returns and allowances 79,000
Purchases 2,786,000 Freight-in 72,000
Sales discounts 34,000 Accounts receivable 142,500
Purchase discounts 27,000 Sales commissions 83,000
Selling expenses 69,000 Telephone and Internet expense (sales) 17,000
Accounting and legal services 33,000 Utilities expense (office) 32,000
Insurance expense (office) 24,000 Miscellaneous office expenses 8,000
Advertising expense 54,000 Rent revenue 240,000
Delivery expense 93,000 Casualty loss (before tax) 70,000
Depreciation expense (office equipment) 48,000 Depreciation expense (sales equipment) 36,000
Common stock (\(10 par) 900,000 Interest expense 176,000
Spock’s effective tax rate on all items is 34%. A physical inventory indicates that the ending inventory is \)686,000.
Instructions
Prepare a condensed 2017 income statement for Spock Corporation.
Indicate the section of a multiple-step income statement in which each of the following is shown.
(a) Loss on inventory write-down.
(b) Loss from strike.
(c) Bad debt expense.
(d) Loss on disposal of a discontinued operation.
(e) Gain on sale of machinery.
(f) Interest revenue.
(g) Depreciation expense.
(h) Material write-offs of notes receivable.
Starr Co. had sales revenue of \(540,000 in 2017. Other items recorded during the year were:
Cost of goods sold \)330,000
Salaries and wages expense 120,000
Income tax expense 25,000
Increase in value of company reputation 15,000
Other operating expenses 10,000
Unrealized gain on value of patents 20,000
Prepare a single-step income statement for Starr for 2017. Starr has 100,000 shares of stock outstanding.
Using the information from BE4-9, prepare a retained earnings statement for the year ended December 31, 2017. Assume an error was discovered: land costing $80,000 (net of tax) was charged to maintenance and repairs expense in 2014.
Generally accepted accounting principles usually require the use of accrual accounting to “fairly present” income. If the cash receipts and disbursements method of accounting will “clearly reflect” taxable income, why does this method not usually also “fairly present” income?
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