The following is an alphabetical list of Tses Tater Tots adjusted account balances at the end of
Question:
The following is an alphabetical list of Tse’s Tater Tots’ adjusted account balances at the end of the company’s fiscal year on December 31, 2024:
Additional information:
1. Tse’s Tater Tots uses a periodic inventory system with the earnings approach.
2. A physical inventory count determined that merchandise inventory on December 31, 2024, was $34,600.
3. Of the mortgage payable, $17,000 is to be paid April 30, 2025.
4. The owner made no capital contributions during the year.
Instructions
a. Prepare a multiple-step income statement, statement of owner’s equity, and classified balance sheet.
b. Prepare the closing journal entries.
c. Post the closing entries to the inventory and capital accounts. Check that the balances in these accounts are the same as the amounts on the balance sheet.
Taking It Further
If you had not been told that Tse’s Tater Tots uses a periodic inventory system, how could you have determined that? What information is available in a periodic inventory system that is not available in a perpetual inventory system?
Step by Step Answer:
Accounting Principles Volume 1
ISBN: 9781119786818
9th Canadian Edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Paul D. Kimmel, Barbara Trenholm, Valerie Warren, Lori Novak