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1. Frazz Corporation is a privately-held manufacturer of industrial equipment. For calendar year 2009, Frazz reported a net income before taxes of $684,300. However, because of turnover in the accounting department, some errors were made. Given the following information, compute the correct net income before taxes for Frazz. Explain your answer.

-On March 31, 2009, Frazz paid $48,000 rent in advance for a storage facility. The entire payment was debited to Rent Expense. The payment was for the period April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.

-On January 2, 2009, Frazz put in service new office furniture with a cost of $26,000, and estimated salvage value of $5,000. Estimated useful life of the furniture is 14 years, but the depreciation calculation (straight-line method) erroneously used 7 years.

-On December 30, 2009, Frazz shipped a custom-order machine to a customer, recording sales revenue of $132,500, and COGS of $98,700. The contract required installation and calibration by Frazz, which was completed January 20, 2010.

-Early in the year, Frazz began offering for sale a pre-paid three-year technical support plan for its equipment. Payments of $60,000 were received for plan coverage during the year, and recorded as Fee Revenue. It is estimated that 14% of this amount was earned in 2009, with the rest relating to 2010 and 2011.

-During 2009, Frazz had outstanding an average of $1,170,000 in bank loans, at an average rate of 6%. Interest payments relating to 2009 were made in the amount of $37,300 and recorded as Interest Expense, but no other entries were made.

-At the beginning of 2009, Allowance for Bad Debts was $37,800. Uncollectible accounts of $32,000 were written off during the year, and charged to Bad Debt Expense. No other entries were made. It is estimated that the ending balance of the allowance should be $40,400.

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1.Frazz Corporation is a privately-held manufacturer of industrial equipment. For calendar year 2009, Frazz reported a net income before taxes of $684,300. However, because of turnover in the accounting department, some errors were made. Given the following information, compute the correct net income before taxes for Frazz. Explain your answer.

Starting net income = $684,300

•On March 31, 2009, Frazz paid $48,000 rent in advance for a storage facility. The entire payment was debited to Rent Expense. The payment was for the period April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.

The amount paid is for 3months of 2010 also and that would not be a expense for 2009 under the matching concept.
3 months rent = 48,000/12 X 3 = 12,000
The entire amount was charged to expense. The expense should be 48,000-12,000=36,000
Net income will be higher by 12,000

•On January 2, 2009, Frazz put in service new office furniture with a cost of $26,000, and ...

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