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Clint Still more operates a private investigating agency called Still more Investigations. Some clients pay in advance for services; others are billed after services have

Clint Still more operates a private investigating agency called Still more Investigations. Some clients pay in advance for services; others are billed after services have been performed. Advance payments are credited to an account entitled Unearned Retainer Fees. Adjusting entries are performed on a monthly basis. An unadjusted trial balance dated December 31, 2019, follows. (Bear in mind that adjusting entries have already been made for the first 11 months of 2019, but not for December.)

Other Data

  1. Accrued but unrecorded client fees earned at December 31 amount to RS 1,500.
  2. Records show that RS 2,500 of cash receipts originally recorded as Unearned Retainer Fees had been earned as of December 31.
  3. Office supplies on hand at December 31 amount to RS110.
  4. The company purchased all of its office equipment when it first began business. At that time, the equipments estimated useful life was six years (or 72 months).
  5. On October 1, 2019, the company renewed its rental agreement paying RS 1,800 cash for six months rent in advance.
  6. On March 1 of the current year, the company paid RS 1,080 cash to renew its 12-month insurance policy.
  7. Accrued but unrecorded salaries at December 31 amount to RS 1,900.
  8. On June 1, 2019, the company borrowed money from the bank by signing a RS 9,000, 8 percent, 12-month note payable. The entire note, plus 12 months accrued interest, is due on May 31, 2020.
  9. The companys CPA estimates that income taxes expense for the entire year is RS 7,500.

INVESTIGATIONS

UNADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2019

Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RS 40,585

Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,000

Office supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

205

Prepaid rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,200

Unexpired insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

270

Office equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

54,000

Accumulated depreciation: office equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RS 35,250

Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,400

Interest payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

360

Income taxes payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,750

Note payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9,000

Unearned retainer fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,500

Capital stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30,000

Retained earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8,000

Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,000

Client fees earned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

60,000

Office supplies expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

605

Depreciation expense: office equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8,250

Rent expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5,775

Insurance expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,010

Salaries expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27,100

Interest expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

360

Income taxes expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6,900

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RS149,260

RS149,260

Required:

  1. For each of the above numbered paragraphs, prepare the necessary adjusting entry (including an explanation).
  2. Prepare the companys adjusted trial balance dated December 31, 2019.
  3. Using figures from the adjusted trial balance prepared in b, compute net income for the year ended December 31, 2019.

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