Question

Williams-Santana, Inc., is a manufacturer of high-tech industrial parts that was started in 2009 by two talented engineers with little business training. In 2021, the company was acquired by one of its major customers. As part of an internal audit, the following facts were discovered. The audit occurred during 2021 before any adjusting entries or closing entries were prepared. The income tax rate is 25% for all years.

1. A five-year casualty insurance policy was purchased at the beginning of 2019 for $35,000. The full amount was debited to insurance expense at the time.
2. Effective January 1, 2021, the company changed the salvage value used in calculating depreciation for its office building. The building cost $600,000 on December 29, 2010, and has been depreciated on a straight-line basis assuming a useful life of 40 years and a salvage value of $100,000. Declining real estate values in the area indicate that the salvage value will be no more than $25,000.
3. On December 31, 2020, merchandise inventory was overstated by $25,000 due to a mistake in the physical inventory count using the periodic inventory system.
4. The company changed inventory cost methods to FIFO from LIFO at the end of 2021 for both financial statement and income tax purposes. The change will cause a $960,000 increase in the beginning inventory at January 1, 2022.
5. At the end of 2020, the company failed to accrue $16,400 of sales commissions earned by employees during 2020. The expense was recorded when the commissions were paid in early 2021.
6. At the beginning of 2019, the company purchased a machine at a cost of $720,000. Its useful life was estimated to be ten years with no salvage value. The machine has been depreciated by the double-declining balance method. Its book value on December 31, 2020, was $460,800. On January 1, 2021, the company changed to the straight-line method.
7. Warranty expense is determined each year as 1% of sales. Actual payment experience of recent years indicates that 0.75% is a better indication of the actual cost. Management effects the change in 2021. Credit sales for 2021 are $4,000,000; in 2020 they were $3,700,000.

Required:
For each situation:
1. Identify whether it represents an accounting change or an error. If an accounting change, identify the type of change. For accounting errors, choose "Not applicable".
2. Prepare any journal entry necessary as a direct result of the change or error correction, as well as any adjusting entry for 2021 related to the situation described. Any tax effects should be adjusted for through Income tax payable or Refund—income tax.

Prepare any journal entry necessary as a direct result of the change or error correction, as well as any adjusting entry for 2021 related to the situation described. Any tax effects should be adjusted for through Income tax payable or Refund—income tax. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

No	Transaction	General Journal	Debit	Credit
1	a(1)	Prepaid insuranceselected answer correct	35,000selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Retained earningsselected answer correct	not attempted	35,000selected answer incorrect
2	a(2)	Insurance expenseselected answer correct	7,000selected answer correct	not attempted
		Prepaid insuranceselected answer correct	not attempted	7,000selected answer correct
3	b(1)	Depreciation expenseselected answer incorrect	15,000selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Accumulated depreciationselected answer incorrect	not attempted	15,000selected answer incorrect
4	b(2)	Retained earningsselected answer incorrect	25,000selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Inventoryselected answer incorrect	not attempted	25,000selected answer incorrect
5	c(1)	Inventoryselected answer incorrect	960,000selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Retained earningsselected answer correct	not attempted	960,000selected answer incorrect
6	c(2)	Depreciation expenseselected answer incorrect	57,600selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Accumulated depreciationselected answer incorrect	not attempted	57,600selected answer incorrect
7	d(1)	Warranty expenseselected answer incorrect	30,000selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Estimated warranty liabilityselected answer incorrect	not attempted	30,000selected answer incorrect
8	d(2)	Retained earningsselected answer incorrect	25,000selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Inventoryselected answer incorrect	not attempted	25,000selected answer incorrect
9	e(1)	Retained earningsselected answer correct	5,000selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Inventoryselected answer incorrect	not attempted	5,000selected answer incorrect
10	e(2)	Depreciation expenseselected answer incorrect	15,000selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Accumulated depreciationselected answer incorrect	not attempted	15,000selected answer incorrect
11	f(1)	Depreciation expenseselected answer incorrect	15,000selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Accumulated depreciationselected answer incorrect	not attempted	15,000selected answer incorrect
12	f(2)	Retained earningsselected answer incorrect	25,000selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Inventoryselected answer incorrect	not attempted	25,000selected answer incorrect
13	g(1)	Retained earningsselected answer incorrect	15,500selected answer incorrect	not attempted
		Compensation expenseselected answer incorrect	not attempted	15,500selected answer incorrect
14	g(2)	Warranty expenseselected answer correct	30,000selected answer correct	not attempted
		Estimated warranty liabilityselected answer correct	not attempted	30,000selected answer correct

Answer 1