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Bug-Off Exterminators provides pest control services and sells extermination products manufactured by other companies. Following is the company's unadjusted trial balance as of December 31,

Bug-Off Exterminators provides pest control services and sells extermination products manufactured by other companies. Following is the company's unadjusted trial balance as of December 31, 2019.

December 31, 2019
Unadjusted Trial Balance
Cash $ 20,200
Accounts receivable 5,600
Allowance for doubtful accounts $ 860
Merchandise inventory 16,500
Trucks 48,000
Accum. depreciationTrucks 0
Equipment 97,000
Accum. depreciationEquipment 25,000
Accounts payable 5,800
Estimated warranty liability 2,200
Unearned services revenue 0
Interest payable 0
Long-term notes payable 31,000
Common stock 26,000
Retained earnings 70,100
Dividends 26,000
Extermination services revenue 92,000
Interest revenue 904
Sales (of merchandise) 113,826
Cost of goods sold 51,100
Depreciation expenseTrucks 0
Depreciation expenseEquipment 0
Wages expense 51,000
Interest expense 0
Rent expense 25,000
Bad debts expense 0
Miscellaneous expense 1,290
Repairs expense 16,000
Utilities expense 10,000
Warranty expense 0
Totals $ 367,690 $ 367,690

The following information in a through h applies to the company at the end of the current year.

  1. The bank reconciliation as of December 31, 2019, includes the following facts.

Cash balance per bank $ 16,700
Cash balance per books 20,200
Outstanding checks 2,600
Deposit in transit 3,250
Interest earned (on bank account) 84
Bank service charges (miscellaneous expense) 31

Reported on the bank statement is a canceled check that the company failed to record. (Information from the bank reconciliation allows you to determine the amount of this check, which is a payment on an account payable.)

  1. An examination of customers accounts shows that accounts totaling $695 should be written off as uncollectible. Using an aging of receivables, the company determines that the ending balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts should be $780.
  2. A truck is purchased and placed in service on January 1, 2019. Its cost is being depreciated with the straight-line method using the following facts and estimates.

Original cost $ 40,000
Expected salvage value $ 14,400
Useful life (years) 4
  1. Two items of equipment (a sprayer and an injector) were purchased and put into service in early January 2017. They are being depreciated with the straight-line method using these facts and estimates.
Sprayer Injector
Original cost $ 39,800 $ 21,200
Expected salvage value $ 3,000 $ 4,100
Useful life (years) 8 5
  1. On September 1, 2019, the company is paid $21,900 cash in advance to provide monthly service for an apartment complex for one year. The company began providing the services in September. When the cash was received, the full amount was credited to the Extermination Services Revenue account.
  2. The company offers a warranty for the services it sells. The expected cost of providing warranty service is 2.5% of the extermination services revenue of $77,400 for 2019. No warranty expense has been recorded for 2019. All costs of servicing warranties in 2019 were properly debited to the Estimated Warranty Liability account.
  3. The $23,000 long-term note is an 8%, five-year, interest-bearing note with interest payable annually on December 31. The note was signed with First National Bank on December 31, 2019.
  4. The ending inventory of merchandise is counted and determined to have a cost of $16,500. Bug-Off uses a perpetual inventory system.

Required: 1. Determine amounts for the following items:

a. Correct (reconciled) ending balance of Cash; and the amount of the omitted check.

b. Adjustment needed to obtain the correct ending balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.

c. Depreciation expense for the truck used during year 2019.

d. Depreciation expense for the two items of equipment used during year 2019.

e. The adjusted 2019 ending balances of the Extermination Services Revenue and Unearned Services Revenue accounts. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

f. The adjusted 2019 ending balances of the accounts for Warranty Expense and Estimated Warranty Liability.

g. The adjusted 2019 ending balances of the accounts for Interest Expense and Interest Payabl

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