Exercise $4-7($Static$)$ Record transactions and calculate financial statement amounts LO $4-2,4-6,4-7$

The transactions relating to the formation of Blue Company Stores Incorporated, and its first month of operations follow.

The firm was organized and the stockholders invested cash of $$30,000.$

The firm borrowed $$20,000$ from the bank; a short$-$term note was signed.

Display cases and other store equipment costing $$16,800$ were purchased for cash. The original list price of the equipment was $$21,000,$ but a $20\%$ discount was received because the seller was having a sale.

A store location was rented, and $$4,500$ was paid for the first month$$s rent.

Inventory of $$40,000$ was purchased; $$25,000$ cash was paid to the suppliers, and the balance will be paid within $30$ days.

During the first week of operations, merchandise that had cost $$16,000$ was sold for $$23,000$ cash.

A newspaper ad costing $$300$ was arranged for; it ran during the second week of the store$$s operations. The ad will be paid for in the next month.

Additional inventory costing $$12,500$ was purchased; cash of $$4,000$ was paid, and the balance is due in $30$ days.

In the last three weeks of the first month, sales totaled $$41,000,$ of which $$27,700$ was sold on account. The cost of the goods sold totaled $$26,000.$

Employee wages for the month totaled $$5,700$; these will be paid during the first week of the next month.

The firm collected a total of $$18,400$ from the sales on account recorded in transaction i$.$

The firm paid a total of $$11,600$ of the amount owed to suppliers from transaction e$.$

Required:

Record each transaction in the appropriate columns. Indicate the financial statement effect.

Calculate the total assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity at the end of the month and calculate the amount of net income for the month.

After recording transactions a through l$,$ prepare an income statement for Blue Company Stores Incorporated for the month presented.

After recording transactions a through l$,$ prepare a balance sheet at the end of the month.

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