Black, Inc

Multiple Choice

Black, Inc. is a calendar-year corporation whose financial statements for 2014 and 2015 included errors as follows: Assume that purchases were recorded correctly and that no correcting entries were made at December 31, 2014, or at December 31, 2015. Ignoring income taxes, by how much should Black's retained earnings be retroactively adjusted at January 1, 2016?

A) $154,000 increase
B) $46,000 increase
C) $19,000 decrease
D) $8,000 increase