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Your examination of the records of a company that follows the cash basis of accounting tells you that the company’s reported cash-basis earnings in 2014 are $33,640. If this firm had followed accrual-basis accounting practices, it would have reported the following year-end balances.

20142013Accounts receivable$3,400$2,800Supplies on hand1,3001,460Unpaid wages owed2,0002,400Other unpaid expenses1,4001,100\begin{array}{lcc} \text{}&\underline{\textbf{2014}}&\underline{\textbf{2013}}\\ \text{Accounts receivable}&\text{\$\hspace{1pt}3,400}&\text{\$\hspace{1pt}2,800}\\ \text{Supplies on hand}&\text{\hspace{7pt}1,300}&\text{\hspace{7pt}1,460}\\ \text{Unpaid wages owed}&\text{\hspace{7pt}2,000}&\text{\hspace{7pt}2,400}\\ \text{Other unpaid expenses}&\text{\hspace{7pt}1,400}&\text{\hspace{7pt}1,100}\\ \end{array}

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Determine the company’s net earnings on an accrual basis for 2014. Show all your calculations in an orderly fashion.

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In this problem, we are going to determine the company's net earnings using the accrual basis of accounting.

Furthermore, we are going to identify the effects of an accounting method transition from cash basis to accrual basis on the company's net earnings.

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