Accounting Cycle Project

$($Due date: Sunday, February $25)$

The Queen of the Snows started a business, Winter Carnival Co$.,$ a company that specializes in

merchandise for ice$-$fishing, snow$-$sliding, treasure$-$hunting and other winter activities. In $2023,$

the company had the following beginning balances $($in dollar$).$

During $2023,$ the following transactions occurred.

Winter Carnival borrowed $$500,000$ on February $1,2023$ from a local bank, on a $2\%$ note

for $5$ years. Winter Carnival would pay interest semi$-$annually on each August $1$ and

February $1.$

Winter Carnival delivered merchandise and earned sales revenue, totaled $$300,000,$ of

which $$250,000$ was on credit. Cost, to Winter Carnival Co$.,$ of the merchandise sold,

totaled $$150,000.$

In addition, Winter Carnival signed a sales contract with a customer, Mini$-$Soda Company

to deliver a total of $$60,000$ merchandise in January $2024.$ Winter Carnival collected

$$18,000$ cash in advance from this customer on October $17,2023.$

Winter Carnival acquired additional merchandise, totaled $$100,000,$ of which $$90,000$ was

on account.

Winter Carnival paid $$80,000$ on its accounts payable to its suppliers.

Winter Carnival collected a total of $$200,000$ on its accounts receivable from its various

customers.

Winter Carnival paid its employees $$90,000$ cash for their salary. At the end of year $2023,$

the company still owed $$2,500$ salary payable to its employees.

Winter Carnival incurred insurance expenses of $$6,000,$ all paid in cash in $2023.$

The following information was also available during $2023$for Winter Carnival Co$.$

Its 'prepaid advertisement' had $18$ months remaining at the beginning of the year $2023.$

The existing machine had an estimated life of $10$ years with no residual value and had been

depreciated using the straight$-$line method.

Its ending balance of 'allowance for doubtful accounts' was estimated to be $5\%$ of its

outstanding $\frac{A}{R}$ at the end of $2023.$

The income tax rate was $20\%$ for Winter Carnival and the company would pay its income

tax in the first quarter of $2024.$