Pat Okendo started her own consulting firm, Okendo Consulting, on May 1, 2014. The trial balance at
Question:
Pat Okendo started her own consulting firm, Okendo Consulting, on May 1, 2014. The trial balance at May 31 is as shown on the next page.
In addition to those accounts listed on the trial balance, the chart of accounts for Okendo Consulting also contains the following accounts: Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment, Salaries and Wages Payable, Depreciation Expense, Insurance Expense, Utilities Expense, and Supplies Expense.
Other data:
1. $1,000 of supplies have been used during the month.
2. Utility costs incurred but not paid are $300.
3. The insurance policy is for 3 years.
4. $1,500 of the balance in the Unearned Service Revenue account remains unearned at the end of the month.
5. Assume May 31 is a Tuesday and employees are paid on Fridays. Okendo Consulting has two employees that are paid $600 each for a 5-day work week.
6. The equipment has a 5-year life with no salvage value and is being depreciated at $200 per month for 60 months.
7. Invoices representing $1,500 of services performed during the month have not been recorded as of May 31.
Instructions
(a) Prepare the adjusting entries for the month of May.
(b) Post the adjusting entries to the ledger accounts. Enter the totals from the trial balance as beginning account balances. (Use T-accounts.)
(c) Prepare an adjusted trial balance at May 31,2014.
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making
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Authors: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso