Debit Doctors, Inc., provides accounting advice over the Internet. In recent years the company has experienced severe
Question:
Debit Doctors, Inc., provides accounting advice over the Internet. In recent years the company has experienced severe financial difficulty. Its accountant prepares adjusting entries on a monthly basis and closing entries on an annual basis at December 31. An adjusted trial balance dated December 31, 2015, follows.
Instructions
a. Prepare an income statement and statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31, 2015. Also prepare the company’s balance sheet dated December 31, 2015. (Hint: The company incurred no income taxes expense in 2015.)
b. Prepare the necessary year-end closing entries.
c. Prepare an after-closing trial balance.
d. Using the financial statements prepared in part a, briefly evaluate the company’s performance.
e. Identify information that the company is apt to disclose in the notes that accompany the financial statements prepared in part a.
Step by Step Answer:
Financial and Managerial Accounting the basis for business decisions
ISBN: 978-0078025778
17th edition
Authors: Jan Williams, Susan Haka, Mark Bettner, Joseph Carcello