Date Description of the Transaction March 1 Owners of OPJ invested an additional $55,000 cash into the business. The cash is put into Big Bank. (As an example of how to journalize and post a transaction -- this transaction has already been entered into the General Journal and posted to the General Ledger.) March 1 Pay off the $60,000 Note Payable owed to Little Bank. The cash to pay off the note is taken out of Big Bank. Also pay to Little Bank $450 for interest owed on the Note Payable for February. The $450 cash is also taken out of Big Bank. March 1 Take $5,450 cash out of Big Bank to pay for March's rent. March 2 The customer that purchased on credit on February 15 pays $88,000 cash to pay off the amount due. The cash is deposited into Big Bank. March 10 Sale of inventory to a customer -- selling price $83,250 -- cost of the inventory sold $24,000. The customer pays cash. The cash is deposited into Little Bank. March 15 Take $25,000 cash out of Little Bank to pay employees for wages they have earned. March 16 Purchase $73,250 of additional inventory. OPJ will pay the manufacturer 50% of the $73,250 in 10 days. OPJ will pay the remaining 50% in 30 days. March 17 Sale of inventory to a customer -- selling price $120,000 -- cost of the inventory sold $38,000. The customer will pay for the purchase in 30 days. March 20 Sale of inventory to a customer -- selling price $178,500 -- cost of the inventory sold $34,500. The customer pays $25,500 cash that is deposited into Little Bank. The customer will pay the remaining amount in 30 days. March 22 Purchase inventory for $44,000 cash. The cash is taken out of Big Bank. March 26 Pay the manufacturer the 50% due on the March 16th purchase of inventory. The cash is taken out of Big Bank. March 30 Take $36,250 cash out of Little Bank to pay employees for wages they have earned. Additional Information Note Payable Interest due to Big Bank on the Note Payable for the month of March is $665. As of March 31 Big Bank: OPJ owes Big Bank a total of $1,265 for interest ($600 for February + $665 for March). Interest will be paid to Big Bank in June. _ Record the March transactions in the General Journal. Click the Journal tab and record your entries directly into the General Journal. Look at the March 1 Common Stock transaction, which has already been entered, for an example of how to make your entries. Do not put the "X" in the Posted column at this time. Use the printed Chart of Accounts as a reference source for the Account Numbers and Account Names that are available in OPJ's accounting system. _ To make posting from the General Journal to the General Ledger easier, it is recommended that you print the General Journal -- click the Journal tab and then click the Printer Icon. _ Post the entries from the printed General Journal to the General Ledger accounts. Click the GL Assets, GL Liab-Equity, and GL Rev-Exp tabs to find the accounts to be posted. Record your postings directly into the General Ledger. As you post an amount to an account be sure to enter the General Journal Page # into the Journal Page # column. See the first posting to the Cash-Big Bank account for an example. After you post an amount to a General Ledger account, then hand write an "X" in the Posted column of the printed General Journal. This will help you keep track of which entries you have posted. _ Enter the "X"s, which you hand wrote on your General Journal pages, into the General Journal. Click the Journal tab and enter the "X"s in the Posted column Pg. 2 _ Prepare the March 31 adjusting entry for interest due on the Note Payable to Big Bank. The information for this adjusting entry is under the heading "Additional Information" on the page that printed when you printed the Trans tab. Click the Journal tab and record the adjusting entry in the General Journal. Use the printed Chart of Accounts as a reference source for the Account Numbers and Account Names that are available in OPJ's accounting system. _ Post the adjusting entry from the General Journal to the General Ledger accounts. Click the GL Liab-Equity and GL Rev-Exp tabs to find the accounts to be posted. As you post an amount to an account be sure to enter the General Journal Page # into the Journal Page # column. After you post an amount to a General Ledger account, click back on the Journal tab and enter an "X" in the Posted column of the General Journal. _ Print OPJ's General Ledger by: clicking the GL Assets tab and then clicking the Printer icon, clicking the GL Liab-Equity tab and then clicking the Printer icon, and clicking the GL Rev-Exp tab and then clicking the Printer icon. _ Using the printed General Ledger, enter the ending account balances into the March 31 Pre-Closing Trial Balance. Click the Trial Bal tab and enter the amounts into the Pre-Closing Trial Balance. Print the March 31 Pre-Closing Trial Balance by clicking the Printer icon. _ Using the printed March 31 Pre-Closing Trial Balance, prepare the March 2021 Income Statement. Click the IS & RE tab and enter the amounts into the Income Statement. _ Using the printed Pre-Closing Trial Balance and the Net Income amount, prepare the Calculation of Retained Earnings as of March 31 for the Balance Sheet. Click the IS & RE tab and enter the amounts into the schedule. _ Using the printed March 31 Pre-Closing Trial Balance and the amount from the Calculation of Retained Earnings as of March 31, prepare the March 31, 2021 Balance Sheet. Click the BalSht tab and enter the amounts into the Balance Sheet. _ Prepare the closing entries. Click the Journal tab and enter the closing entries into the General Journal. Place your closing entries on Page # 3 of the General Journal. _ Post the closing entries from the General Journal to the General Ledger accounts. Click the GL Liab-Equity, and GL Rev-Exp tabs to find the accounts to be posted. As you post an amount to an account be sure to enter the General Journal Page # into the Journal Page # column. After you post an amount to a General Ledger account, click back on the Journal tab and enter an "X" in the Posted column of the General Journal. _ Click the Post Close TB tab and prepare the March 31 Post-Closing Trial Balance.