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Dollar General Case 1. Consider the $13.4 million of freight costs. What is the correct (GAAP) method of accounting for these? How did Dollar General in fact originally account for these costs? (Include in your answer a table of the effects on income in any years affected, both before and after tax, of the correct accounting and the accounting they originally used. The correct GAAP method to account for freight costs is as an expense of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) that occur at the time services are performed and completed. This is a cost of conducting on-going operations (in-bound supplies, distribution and re-distribution). The freight costs should be expensed as occurred which will be at the time invoice is received and …show more content…

I believe that this item was a "secondary effect" of the restatement. Had the management not tried to defer expenses into 2002 to make 2001 EPS meet analysts expectations and their own predictions and gotten caught, then there would have been no litigation. The litigation was the "direct effect" of the restatement and the pre-tax charge was a result of the litigation and thus a "secondary effect". 3. Firm 's executives: The SEC alleged that Sanderson told one of his accounting managers to expense $4 million in the next fiscal year on a monthly basis. Of the remaining $9.4 million, Sanderson allegedly told his accountant to move $1.3 million to the company 's Miscellaneous Accrued Liabilities, or "rainy day," account and $2.7 million to corporate bank clearing accounts. Turner settled for a $1 disgorgement charge and a $1 million civil penalty. Carpenter settled for a total of $143,455 comprising $33,000 disgorgement, $10,455 prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty of $100,000. Sanderson settled for a total of $270,595 comprised of $150,000 disgorgement, $45,595 prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty of $75,000. Burr finally settled on April 12, 2006, for over $1.2 million in penalties. All officers lost their jobs. Since Turner, Carpenter, and Sanderson all settled immediately, without admitting or denying the

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