Question

Wilkins Food Products, Inc., acquired a packaging machine from Lawrence Specialists Corporation. Lawrence completed construction of the machine on January 1, 2019. In payment for the machine Wilkins issued a three-year installment note to be paid in three equal payments at the end of each year. The payments include interest at the rate of 10%. Lawrence made a conceptual error in preparing the amortization schedule, which Wilkins failed to discover until 2021. The error had caused Wilkins to understate interest expense by $45,000 in 2019 and $40,000 in 2020.

Required:

1. Determine which accounts are incorrect as a result of these errors at January 1, 2021, before any adjustments. Explain your answer. (Ignore income taxes.)

2. Prepare a journal entry to correct the error.

3. What other step(s) would be taken in connection with the error?

Answer 1