Using the information provided in P4-3, perform the following steps: Data from P4-3 Herman and Sons' Law
Question:
Using the information provided in P4-3, perform the following steps:
Data from P4-3
Herman and Sons' Law Offices opened on January 1, 2018. During the first year of business, the company had the following transactions:
• January 2: The owners invested $250,000 (the par value of the stock) into the business and acquired 25,000 shares of common stock in return.
• January 15 : Herman and Sons· bought a n office building in the amount of $80,000. The company took out a long-term note from the bank to finance the purchase.
• February 12: Herman and Sons' billed clients for $60,000 of services performed.
• March 1: Herman and Sons' took out a two-year insurance policy, which it paid cash for in the amount of $22,000.
• March 10: Herman collected $20,000 from clients toward the outstanding accounts receivable balance.
• May 13: Herman received cash payments totaling $210,000 for legal services-$40,000 was for services previously billed to customers on February 12 and the remainder was for services provided in May not yet recorded.
• June 10: Herman purchased office supplies in the amount of $35,000, all on credit.
• July 15: Herman paid wages of $16,000 in cash to office staff workers.
• August 8: Herman paid off the $35,000 balance owed 10 a supplier for the purchase made on June 10.
• September 3: Herman and Sons' purchased$ 25,000 of office supplies in cash.
• September 20: The company paid $11,000 cash for utilities.
• October 1: Herman and Sons· paid wages in the amount of $24,000 to office workers.
• December 1: Herman and Sons' received cash payments from clients in the amount of $320,000 for services to be performed in the upcoming months.
• December 31: Herman declared and paid a $10,000 dividend.
The chart of accounts used by Herman and Sons' Law Offices is as follows:
Required
a. Journalize and post adjusting journal entries for Herman and Sons' based on the following additional information:
- Of the cash payments received from customers on December 1, half of these services were performed in December and half relates to future services to be rendered in the following year.
- Ten months of the insurance policy expired by the end of the year.
- Depreciation for the full year should be recorded on the building purchased. The building has a 20-year life and no residual value. Depreciation will be recorded on a straight-line basis.
- A total of $15,000 of office supplies remains on band at the end of the year.
- Interest expense in the amount of $7,000 should be accrued on the note payable.
- Wages in the amount of $32,000 must be accrued m year-end 10 be paid in January.
b. Prepare an adjusted trial balance as of December 31.
c. Prepare a single-step income statement, a statement of shareholders' equity, and a balance sheet.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0134730370
2nd edition
Authors: Elizabeth A. Gordon, Jana S. Raedy, Alexander J. Sannella