Do-Right Paints Co. is a newly organized business with a list of accounts arranged in alphabetical order below.
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Accumulated Depreciation—Office Equipment
Accumulated Depreciation—Store Equipment
Advertising Expense
Cash
Cost of Merchandise Sold
Delivery Expense
Depreciation Expense—Office Equipment
Depreciation Expense—Store Equipment
Income Summary
Insurance Expense
Interest Expense
Jamie Ricardi, Capital
Jamie Ricardi, Drawing
Land
Merchandise Inventory
Miscellaneous Administrative Expense
Miscellaneous Selling Expense
Notes Payable
Office Equipment
Office Salaries Expense
Office Supplies
Office Supplies Expense
Prepaid Insurance
Rent Expense
Salaries Payable
Sales
Sales Discounts
Sales Returns and Allowances
Sales Salaries Expense
Store Equipment
Store Supplies
Store Supplies Expense
Construct a chart of accounts, assigning account numbers and arranging the accounts in balance sheet and income statement order, as illustrated in Exhibit 5. Each account number is three digits: the first digit is to indicate the major classification (“1” for assets, and so on); the second digit is to indicate the subclassification (“11” for current assets, and so on); and the third digit is to identify the specific account (“110” for Cash, “112” for Accounts Receivable, “114” for Merchandise Inventory, “115” for Store Supplies, and so on).