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E4-20 (Algo) Preparing Adjusting Entries, an Adjusted Trial Balance, and Financial Statements [LO 4-1, LO 4-2, LO 4-3, LO 4-4] (General Ledger) Bills Boards (BB)
E4-20 (Algo) Preparing Adjusting Entries, an Adjusted Trial Balance, and Financial Statements [LO 4-1, LO 4-2, LO 4-3, LO 4-4] (General Ledger)
Bills Boards (BB) is an outdoor advertising company founded by William Longfall. William knows very little accounting so he hired a friend to keep the books. Unfortunately, William did not review his friend's work and now it seems his friend has made a mess of the accounting records. William has provided you the following list of unadjusted account balances at BBs September 30 fiscal year-end. You have reviewed the balances with William and made notes shown in the right column.
BILLS BOARDS | |||
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Unadjusted Trial Balance | |||
At September 30 | |||
Account Name | Debits | Credits | Notes |
Cash | $ 12,400 | This balance equals the balance reported by the bank. | |
Accounts Receivable | 810 | A customer ordered $810 of advertising services to be provided in October. The accountant recorded this service by debiting Accounts Receivable and crediting Service Revenue. | |
Prepaid Rent | 1,360 | Starting January 1, BB agreed to pay $2,040 cash to rent the land on which its billboards are located, for the JanuaryDecember period. The accountant adjusted this account on April 30 but has not adjusted it since. | |
Supplies | 0 | BB still has supplies costing $510 on hand on September 30. | |
Equipment | 6,000 | BB bought scaffolding and billboards in October last year. | |
Accumulated Depreciation | $ 0 | Because the equipment was bought at the beginning of the fiscal year, no depreciation is carried forward from prior years. | |
Accounts Payable | 2,310 | BB purchased and received $2,310 of supplies used for creating advertising displays. The supplier is to be paid in October. | |
Deferred Revenue | 1,410 | This balance relates to $1,410 cash paid by a customer in August for advertising from September 1November 30. | |
Salaries and Wages Payable | 0 | BBs employees are still waiting to be paid for the last half of September. | |
Income Tax Payable | 510 | BB hasnt paid the $510 tax owed from the last fiscal year. | |
Common Stock | 2,410 | BB has issued 4,810 shares for $2,410 cash. | |
Retained Earnings | 9,110 | BB started business a few years ago, so this is the total accumulated earnings up to October 1 of last year. | |
Service Revenue | 57,610 | BB has provided $4,820 of services for which it hasnt yet billed customers or recorded in its accounting records. | |
Salaries and Wages Expense | 47,700 | BBs employees earn $5,700 per month. The employees were paid in full on August 31, and were paid again on September 15. | |
Depreciation Expense | 0 | About $1,500 of the usefulness of the equipments $6,000 cost has been used up during the current fiscal year. | |
Rent Expense | 680 | BB incurs a small cost to rent the land on which its billboards are located. Rent for the current year has been paid in full. | |
Supplies Expense | 4,410 | BBs accountant expensed $4,410 of supplies purchased during the year because he assumed the supplies would be completely used by year-end. As noted above, he was wrong. | |
Income Tax Expense | 0 | BBs tax rate is 20% of income before tax. | |
Totals | $ 73,360 | $ 73,360 |
Each journal entry is posted automatically to the general ledger.
Unadjusted Adjusted Post-closing
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