Morton Motor Company faced the following situations. Journalize the adjusting entry needed at December 31, 2012, for
Question:
Morton Motor Company faced the following situations. Journalize the adjusting entry needed at December 31, 2012, for each situation. Consider each fact separately.
a. The business has interest expense of $9,600 that it must pay early in January 2013.
b. Interest revenue of $4,900 has been earned but not yet received.
c. On July 1, when the business collected $12,000 rent in advance, it debited Cash and credited Unearned Rent Revenue. The tenant was paying for two years’ rent.
d. Salary expense is $1,900 per day—Monday through Friday—and the business pays employees each Friday. This year, December 31 falls on a Thursday.
e. The unadjusted balance of the Supplies account is $3,200. The total cost of supplies on hand is $1,400.
f. Equipment was purchased at the beginning of this year at a cost of $80,000. The equipment’s useful life is five years. There is no residual value. Record depreciation for this year and then determine the equipment’s book value.
Open the foregoing T-accounts with their beginning balances. Then record the adjustments directly in the accounts, keying each adjustment amount by letter. Show each account’s adjusted balance. Journal entries are not required.
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Financial accounting
ISBN: 978-0132751124
9th edition
Authors: Walter T. Harrison Jr., Charles T. Horngren, C. William Thom