During 2020,  Company discovered that the ending inventories on its financial statements were incorrect by the following amounts:                 2018                                       P120,000                 2019                                         150,000 company uses the periodic system to ascertain year-end quantities that are converted to peso amounts using FIFO cost method. Prior to any adjustments for these errors and ignoring income taxes, how much would be the accumulated profits and losses of company at January 1, 2020? A. P150,000 overstated B. P30,000 overstated C. 0 D. P270,000 overstated

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During 2020,  Company discovered that the ending inventories on its financial statements were incorrect by the following amounts:

                2018                                       P120,000

                2019                                         150,000

company uses the periodic system to ascertain year-end quantities that are converted to peso amounts using FIFO cost method. Prior to any adjustments for these errors and ignoring income taxes, how much would be the accumulated profits and losses of company at January 1, 2020?

A. P150,000 overstated

B. P30,000 overstated

C. 0

D. P270,000 overstated

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