Pool Corporation Inc. is the world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies and equipment. It is
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Pool Corporation Inc. is the world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies and equipment. It is a publicly traded corporation that trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol POOL. It sells these products to swimming pool repair and service businesses, swimming pool builders, and retail swimming pool stores. The majority of these customers are small, family-owned businesses. Pool Corporation completed the following transactions during 2017. The annual accounting period ends December 31, 2017.
September 15 Purchased and paid for merchandise for resale at an invoice cost of $125,000. The company uses a periodic inventory system.
October 1 Borrowed $900,000 from First National Bank for general use; signed an 11 month, 5 percent interest-bearing note payable.
October 5 Received a $40,000 customer deposit front Joe Lipscomb for services to be performed in the future.
October 15 Performed $18,000 of the services paid for by Mr. Lipscomb.
December 12 Received utility bill for $12,000. Pool will pay it in early January.
31 Determined wages of $52,000 earned but not yet paid on December 31 (disregard payroll taxes).
Required:
1. Prepare journal entries for each of these transactions.
2. Prepare all adjusting entries required on December 31, 2017.
A Corporation is a legal form of business that is separate from its owner. In other words, a corporation is a business or organization formed by a group of people, and its right and liabilities separate from those of the individuals involved. It may...
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-1259105692
6th Canadian edition
Authors: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Daniel G Short, George Kanaan, Maureen Sterling