Rapid Way Pack'n Mail completed the following transactions during 2018: Nov. 1 Paid $9,600 store rent covering
Question:
Rapid Way Pack'n Mail completed the following transactions during 2018:
Nov. 1 Paid $9,600 store rent covering the six-month period ending April 30, 2019.
Nov. 1 Paid $6,000 insurance covering the five-month period ending March 31, 2019.
Dec. 1 Collected $9,000 cash in advance from customers. The service revenue will be earned $1,800 monthly over the five-month period ending April 30, 2019.
Dec. 1 Collected $7,200 cash in advance from customers. The service revenue will be earned $2,400 monthly over the three-month period ending February 28, 2019.
Requirements
1. Journalize the transactions assuming that Rapid Way debits an asset account for prepaid expenses and credits a liability account for unearned revenues.
2. Journalize the related adjusting entries at December 31, 2018.
3. Post the journal and adjusting entries to the T-accounts, and show their balances at December 31, 2018. (Ignore the Cash account.)
4. Repeat Requirements 1-3. This time, debit an expense account for prepaid expenses and credit a revenue account for unearned revenues.
5. Compare the account balances in Requirements 3 and 4. They should be equal.
Step by Step Answer:
Horngrens Financial And Managerial Accounting The Financial Chapters
ISBN: 9780134486840
6th Edition
Authors: Tracie L. Miller Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura