Multiple Choice
The following errors were made in 20x3: an understatement of purchases of $500 and an understatement of ending inventory of $500.The net effect on the 20x3 ending amount of retained earnings is:
A) $500 understatement.
B) No effect, the errors offset.
C) $1,000 understatement.
D) No effect; the errors affect income, not retained earnings.
E) $1,000 overstatement.
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