Seaboard Company receives its annual property tax bill of $24,000 for the 2024 calendar year on May

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Seaboard Company receives its annual property tax bill of $24,000 for the 2024 calendar year on May 31, 2024, and it is payable on July 31, 2024. Seaboard has a December 31 fiscal year end. 


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a. Prepare the journal entries for Seaboard on May 31, July 31, and December 31, 2024, assuming that the company makes monthly adjusting entries. (Assume property tax expense in 2023 was $2,200 per month.) 

b. What is recorded on Seaboard’s December 31, 2024, balance sheet and income statement for the year ended December 31, 2024, in regard to property taxes?

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Accounting Principles Volume 2

ISBN: 9781119786634

9th Canadian Edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Paul D. Kimmel, Barbara Trenholm, Valerie Warren, Lori Novak

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