Saffron Company’s chart of accounts includes the following selected accounts.
101 Cash 201 Accounts Payable
120 Inventory 306 Owner’s Drawings
130 Prepaid Insurance 505 Cost of Goods Sold
157 Equipment
On October 1, the accounts payable ledger of Saffron Company showed the following balances: Glass Company $2,700, Ron Co. $2,500, Hendricks Co. $1,800, and Christina Company $3,700. The October transactions involving the payment of cash were as follows.
Oct. 1 Purchased merchandise, check no. 63, $300.
3 Purchased equipment, check no. 64, $800.
5 Paid Glass Company balance due of $2,700, less 2% discount, check no. 65, $2,646.
10 Purchased merchandise, check no. 66, $2,250.
15 Paid Hendricks Co. balance due of $1,800, check no. 67.
16 C. Saffron, the owner, pays his personal insurance premium of $400, check no. 68.
19 Paid Ron Co. in full for invoice no. 610, $1,600 less 2% cash discount, check no. 69, $1,568.
29 Paid Christina Company in full for invoice no. 264, $2,500, check no. 70.
Instructions
(a) Journalize the transactions above in a four-column cash payments journal with columns for Other Accounts Dr., Accounts Payable Dr., Inventory Cr., and Cash Cr. Foot and cross-foot the journal.
(b) Insert the beginning balances in the Accounts Payable control and subsidiary accounts, and post the October transactions to these accounts.
(c) Prove the agreement of the control account and the subsidiary account balances.