a. On January 1, 2008, Frances Corporation started doing business and the owners contributed \($200,000\) capital in cash.

b. The company paid \($24,000\) to cover the rent for the office space for the 24-month period from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2009.

c. On March 1, 2008, MSK Inc. entered into a consulting contract under which Frances Corporation promised to provide consulting to MSK Inc. for the 10-month period from March 1, 2008, to December 31, 2008. In return, MSK promised to pay a monthly consulting fee of \($15,000\), which was to be paid in January 2009. Frances fulfilled its contractual obligation during 2008.

d. On July 1, 2008, Frances purchased office equipment for \($100,000\) cash. The equipment has an estimated useful life of five years and no salvage value. The equipment was immediately laced into use. Frances uses the straight-line method of depreciation. It records depreciation expense in proportion to the number of months’ usage.

e. Through November 30, 2008, the company had paid \($66,000\) to its employees for 11 months of salaries. Accrued salaries on December 31, 2008 were $6,000.

f. On December 31, 2008, Norbert Corporation advanced \($20,000\) to Frances Corporation for consulting services to be provided during 2009.
Required:
1. Provide journal entries for each of these transactions.
2. Provide adjusting entries at the end of the year.
3. Prepare an income statement for the year ended December 31, 2008.
4. Prepare a balance sheet as of December 31, 2008.