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Coyne Corporation recently hired Elaine Herrold as its new bookkeeper. Herrold was not ver...

Coyne Corporation recently hired Elaine Herrold as its new bookkeeper. Herrold was not very experienced and made six recording errors during the last accounting period. The nature of each error is described in the following table.

Instructions

Indicate the effect of the following errors on each of the financial statement elements described in the column headings in the table. Use the following symbols: O = overstated, U = understated, and NE = no effect.

Error

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

Net  Income

Total Assets

Total Liabilities

Owners’  Equity

 

a. Recorded a dividend as an expense reported in the income statement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

b. Recorded the payment of an account payable as a debit to accounts payable and a credit to an expense account.

 

 

 

 

 

 

c. Failed to record depreciation expense.

 

 

 

 

 

 

d. Recorded the sale of capital stock as a debit to cash and a credit to retained earnings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

e. Recorded the receipt of a customer deposit as a debit to cash and a credit to fees earned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

f. Failed to record expired portion of an insurance policy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

g. Failed to record accrued interest earned on an outstanding note receivable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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