On 12/31/24, the Cheboygan Company paid $4,000 of prepaid insurance and expensed the entire amount. The policy covered the period 1/1/25 to 12/31/28. The error was discovered on 1/10/27; the 2026 books are still open. The correcting journal entry will include what entry to 1/1/26 Retained Earnings?

David paid $975,000 for two beachfront lots in coastal south carolina, with the intention of building residential homes on each. two years later, the south carolina legislature passed the beachfront management act, barring any further development of the coast, including david's lots. when david files a complaint to seek compensation for his property, south carolina refuses, pointing to a passage in david's own complaint that states "the beachfront management act [was] properly and validly designed to south carolina's " is south carolina required to compensate david under the takings clause?