Cornerstones of Financial Accounting
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Author: Jay Rich, Jeff Jones
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 45E
Exercise 3-45 Identification of
Conklin Services prepares financial statements only once per year using an annual accounting ending on December 31. Each of the following statements describes an entry made by Conklin on December 31 of a recent year.
- On December 31, Conklin completed a service agreement for Pizza Planet and recorded the related revenue. The job started in August.
- Conklin provides weekly service visits to the local C.J. Nickel department store to check and maintain various pieces of computer printing equipment. On December 31, Conklin recorded revenue for the visits completed during December. The cash will not be received until January.
- Conklin’s salaried employees are paid on the last day of every month. On December 31, Conklin recorded the payment Of December salaries.
- Conklin’s hourly wage employees are paid every Friday. On 31, Conklin recorded as payable the wages for the first three working days of the week in which the year ended.
- On December 31, Conklin recorded the receipt of a shipment of office supplies from Office Supplies Inc. to be paid for in January.
- On December 31, Conklin recorded the estimated use of supplies for the year. The supplies were purchased for cash earlier in the year.
- Early in December, Conklin was in by Parker Enterprises for 2 months of weekly visits. Conklin recorded the advance payment as a liability. On December 31 , Conklin recorded revenue for the service visits to Parker Enterprises that were completed during December.
- On December 3 1, Conklin recorded
depreciation expense on office equipment for the year.
Required:
Indicate whether each entry is an adjusting entry or a regular
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Task 8: (Individual/Pair/Group Work)
Snoopy enterprises provides collection services to its customers. year-end adjusting journal entries
are prepared every Dec. 31 as its books are closed. make the appropriate adjusting entry for each of
the ff items:
1. Uncollectible accounts at year-end is estimated to be P6,950.
2. Rent paid last April amounted to P400, 000, one fourth of which has already expired. This
was initially recorded as prepaid rent upon payment.
3. Depreciation expense for its transportation equipment, P6,780
4. Supplies purchased during the year amounted to P4,290, of which one- third has been used
during the year.
5. Unpaid salaries of its cleaners as of December 31 is P7,460.
6. Unearned interest has a balance of P3,120, of which P2,560 has already been
earned during the year. the amount was initially credited to unearned interest
upon collection
Information to prepare adjusting journal entries
The following information relates to Gatsby, Inc. as of December 31 of the current year. The company uses the calendar
year as its annual reporting period and the Accrual Method of Accounting. Prepaid and unearned items are recorded as
assets and liabilities, respectively. Prepare all necessary adjusting journal entries and post to the T-accounts.
1
The company's weekly payroll is $3,000 and is paid each Friday for a five-day work week. Assume
December 31st falls on a Thursday, but the employees will not be paid their wages until Friday, January 3rd.
2
Eighteen months earlier, on July 1st the company purchased equipment that cost $160,000. Its useful life
is predicted to be ten years, at which time the equipment is expected to have a zero salvage/residual value.
Gatsby, Inc. uses the straight-line depreciation method. Deprecation has NOT been recorded for this year.
3
On September 1st of the current year Gatsby, Inc. was paid $60,000 in…
Current Attempt in Progress
The ledger of Kingbird, Inc. at the end of the current year shows Accounts Receable $112,000; Sales Revenue $833,000; and Sales
Returns and Allowances $20,000.
(a)
(b)
(c)
If Kingbird, uses the direct write-off method to account for uncollectib accounts, journalize the adjusting entry at
December 31, assuming Kingbird, determines that L. Dole's $1,800 balance is uncollectible.
(a)
(Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
(b)
If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $2,200 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at
December 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be 11% of accounts receivable.
No. Account Titles and Explanation
If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $199 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at
December 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be 8% of accounts receivable.
(c)
Debit
Credit
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