Response to the following problem:
Ringo Company had $900,000 of sales in each of three consecutive years 2010-2012, and it purchased merchandise costing $500,000 in each of those years. It also maintained a $200,000 physical inventory from the beginning to the end of that three-year period. In accounting for inventory, it made an error at the end of year 2010 that caused its year-end 2010 inventory to appear on its statements as $180,000 rather than the correct $200,000.
1. Determine the correct amount of the company's gross profit in each of the years 2010-2012.
2. Prepare comparative income statements to show the effect of this error on the company's cost of goods sold and gross profit for each of the years 2010-2012.