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4. Analysis and Correction of Accounting Errors Haley Corporation began operation on December 31, 2020. The controller for Halcy Corporation is concerned about certain business transactions that the company detected during 2022. The transactions at issue are presented below. A. Haley Corporation has mistakenly recognized bad debt expense when the receivablen have actually become uncollectible in the following amounts: 202131,800202265,000 The controller estimates that bad debt expense based on a GAAP aecepted methed (the percentage-of-accounts receivable) should be $54,000 for 2021 , and $83,000 for 2022 B. Inventory has been shipped on consignment. These transactions have been mistakenly recorded as ordinary sales and billed as such on account. Inventory billed and in the hands of consignees amounted to $280,000 at December 31,2021 , and $425,000 at December 31, 2022. The eost of goods sold is 80% of the selling price in each year. Assume that all the consigned inventory is sold in the following year. The company uses the perpetual inventory system. C. Ending inventory was overstated by $8,000 on December 31,2021 , and overstated by $5,000 on December 31,2022 . D. On January 1, 2021, a truck was purchased for $28,000. The iruck had an estimated life of eight years, but it was immediately expensed by error. The acquisition cost should have been eapitalized, and straight-line depreciation should have been used with $2,000 estimated salvage value. (Continue on next page)

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