Kenisha Morgan owns and operates Morgan's Furniture Emporium, Inc. The balance sheet totals for assets, liabilities, and owner's equity at August 1, 2010, are as indicated. Described here are several transactions entered into by the company throughout the month of August.

Required:

a. Indicate the amount and effect (+ or −) of each transaction on total assets, total liabilities, and total owner's equity, and then compute the new totals for each category. The first transaction is provided as an illustration.

b. What was the amount of net income (or loss) during August? How much were total revenues and total expenses during August?
c. What were the net changes during the month of August in total assets, total liabilities, and total owner's equity?
d. Explain to Kenisha Morgan which transactions caused the net change in her owner's equity during August.
e. Explain why dividend payments are not an expense, but interest is an expense.
f. Explain why the money borrowed from the bank increased assets but did not increase net income.
g. Explain why paying off accounts payable and collecting accounts receivable do not affect netincome.

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Owner's Assets Liabilities Equity .700,000 $550,000 $150,000 August 3, borrowed $24,000 in cash from the bank24,000 24,000 $724,000 $574,000 $150,000 Naw totals . .. S- August 7, bought merchandise inventory valuad at $38,000 on account Naw totals August 10, paid $14,000 cash for operating expenses August 14, received $100,000 in cash fron sales of August 17, paid $28,000 owed on accounts payable .. August 21, collected $34,000 of accounts receivable August 24, repaid $20,000 to the bank plus $400 interest August 29, paid Kenisha Morgan Naw totals .. merchandise that had cost S66 ,000. + + . . . . . . +-. New totals New totals New totals Naw totals New totals. a cash dividend of $10,000