Eagle Corp

Multiple Choice

Eagle Corp.is a calendar-year corporation whose financial statements for 2016 and 2017 included errors as follows: Assume that purchases were recorded correctly and that no correcting entries were made at December 31, 2016 or December 31, 2017.Ignoring income taxes, by how much should Eagle's retained earnings be retrospectively adjusted at January 1, 2018?

A) $32,000 increase
B) $8,000 increase
C) $4,000 decrease
D) $2,000 increase