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Watts Corporation made a very large arithmetical error in the preparation of its year-end financial statements by improper placement of a decimal point in the calculation of depreciation. The error caused the net income to be reported at almost double the proper amount. Correction of the error when discovered in the next year should be treated as ________.

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Answer:

a prior period adjustment

Explanation:

A prior period adjustment -

It is the correction of the accounting error which took place in the past and was written in the prior year of financial statement , net of the income taxes , is known as a prior period adjustment .

It is the method to fix the previous problem of past during the reporting .

hence , the correct term fro the given statement is a prior period adjustment .

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