Question
Mr. Burns sold off all of his fixed assets from the nuclear power plant. Also, there was an adjustment to the allowance for uncollectible account
Mr. Burns sold off all of his fixed assets from the nuclear power
plant. Also, there was an adjustment to the allowance for uncollectible account during
your brief respite. Mr. Smithers performed the necessary entries to get the books up to
date; this included the reduction of the mortgage payable. However, you will calculate
interest expense, bad debt expense, and depreciation expense. These amounts will not be
given to you. Good luck and time manage appropriately. ***For any note/mortgage
payable, you find interest expense the same way you find interest revenue.***
Check Figures:
Unadjusted Net Income: $599,350
Adjusted Net Income: $79,888
Journal Entries:
1 January 2: Mr. Burns opened up his new company and dissolved the old one. The
balances of the accounts (with the exception of fixed assets and uncollectible) were
transferred over from the old business. Mr. Burns decided that he needed to invest more
money into the business in order to get operational. Mr. Burns invested $2,120,000 to
create stock.
2 January 3: Mr. Burns bought a cookie making machine for $500,000 from Cookie
Makers on account. The machine has a life of 10 years and a salvage value of $100,000.
The machine will use the straight-line depreciation method.
3 January 4: Mr. Burns bought an oven from the Try-N-Save. He took out a note for
five months at an interest rate of 10%. The amount of the note was $400,000. The oven
has a useful life of 4 years and will use the straight line method of depreciation. The
expected salvage value of the oven at the end of its useful life is $50,000.
4 January 15: Mr. Burns bought cookie dough (inventory) to make his cookies. Mr.
Burns paid $250,000 for the cookie dough.
5 January 17: Mr. Burns earned the rest of his unearned rent revenue of $300,000 from
last year from his nuclear power plant.
6 February 6: After promising to change his evil ways, Lisa Simpson agrees to help Mr.
Burns sell his cookies. Lisa sells some cookies to Old Folks Home for $130,000 on
account. The cost of selling the cookies was $70,000. For prompt payment, Mr. Burns
offered the discount of 1/10, n30.
7 February 20: Mr. Burns sold his delicious cookies to Candy Store on account
$200,000. Mr. Burns offered terms 2/20, n30. The cost of merchandise sold was
$100,000.
8 February 28: Mr. Burns bought a new truck so he could sell more cookies. Mr. Burns
paid $30,000 dollars for the truck. The truck was not expected to have salvage value.
Mr. Burns decided to depreciate the truck by straight line. The truck has an expected life
of three years.
9 February 28: Mr. Burns collected cash from Homer Simpson of $22,000. The note
receivable was signed last December 15 He collected the face value of the note, $16,000
plus the interest receivable recorded last year. Since Homer allowed Lisa to work for
him, he decided only to collect the interest accrued last year and not the interest for
January and February.
10 March 5: Mr. Burns bought more cookie dough (inventory) to continue to make his
cookies. He bought $600,000 worth of inventory. There was also a $20,000 freight
charge. The terms of the shipping agreement was FOB shipping. Mr. Burns paid for the
whole amount. (Do one journal entry)
11 March 6: Since many families of the City of Springfield did not pay the Old Folks
Home last month, Mr. Burns could only collect some of what he was owed on account
from February 6 He was only able to collect $80,000 of what was owed. After
consulting with Mr. Smithers, Mr. Burns agreed that he no choice but to write off the rest,
$50,000 of the amount as uncollectible.
12 March 7: The Candy Store paid Mr. Burns what they owed him on account.
13 March 15: Mr. Burns paid $70,000 of income tax payable owed from last year.
14 April 1: Mr. Burns sold cookies to the Grocery Store on account $400,000. This
amount included $15,000 of prepaid freight costs paid by Mr. Burns and added to the
invoice. The terms were FOB shipping point. The discount terms were 2/30, n/45. The
cost of merchandise sold was $200,000.
15 April 4: Because of cockroaches in some of the cookie dough, the store returned
$90,000 worth of the cookie dough. The cost of the merchandise returned was $40,000.
16 April 10: Mr. Burns paid for the following expenses: Advertising $120,000, Office
Salaries $55,000, Wages $20,000, and Utility $10,000. (Do one journal entry)
17 May 01: The Grocery Store paid Mr. Burns for the rest of the cookie dough it
bought on account.
18 June 1: After threatening revenge against all those who owed him money on account
from when he owed the nuclear power plant, he was paid the full amount of what he was
owed prior to going into the cookie business. This amounted to $360,000.
19 June 2: After coming into some extra money, The Old Folks Home decided to pay
$40,000 that they owed to Mr. Burns even though there account has been written off.
Record the reinstatement of the account and the payment.
20 June 3: Mr. Burns paid for the note he issued to the Try-N-Save on January 3 The
payment included the full amount for the oven and the interest.
21 July 5: The following expenses accrued and are to be paid in a later month: Pension
Expense $60,000, Health Insurance Expense $50,000, and Professional Fees $10,000.
(Do one journal entry)
22 July 25: Mr. Burns paid $100,000 on account that he owed from the Cookie
Machine he bought in January. Mr. Burns agreed to issue a note for the rest of the money
he owed on account in transaction 2 The note is to be paid next year and has an interest
rate of 12%.
23 August 10: Mr. Burns sold cookies on account to Mayor Quimby for has nephew's
18th birthday party. Mr. Burns sold $150,000 worth of cookies. The terms were n30 and
the cost of merchandise sold was $50,000.
24 September 8: Mr. Burns paid the expenses that accrued on account in transaction 21
(use Cash only once).
25 October 5: Mr. Burns paid off his note from July 25
26 October 15: Mayor Quimby issued a note to Mr. Burns for transaction 23 due to the
fact he had no money because he gave it to Fat Tony and the mob to fix the polls of
Springfield so he could get reelected. Mayor Quimby promised to pay Mr. Burns cookies
on December 1 The interest rate is 20%.
27 November 1: After being advised by legal council and Mr. Smithers that killing off
competition was considered murder, Mr. Burns decided to get a patent to keep from his
secrets from being used by his rivals. He paid $40,000 for his patent which will be
amortized for 15 years.
28 December 1: After holding his nephew hostage, Mayor Quimby agreed to pay the
note and interest he owed to Mr. Burns. Mayor Quimby raised taxes to get the funds.
29 December 8: Mr. Burns bought office supplies on account from Staples for $30,000.
30 Mr. Burns sold $450,000 of cookies on account to Shelbyville. The cost of sales
was $250,000
31 Mr. Burns withdrew (dividends to himself) $60,000 dollars to bribe judges and win
the Miss Springfield contest.
32 Mr. Burns funded Side Show Bob's run for Mayor of Springfield from an offshore
account. The amount withdrawn from the account was $100,000
Adjusting Entries:
At December 31, 2019, Mr. Burns Good Old Fashion Cookies made the following
adjusting entries.
A1. Mr. Burns recorded the depreciation for the fixed assets that he had bought through
the year. The truck had 40,000 miles at December 31 Round to the nearest dollar.
A2. All of Mr. Burns prepaid rent expired.
A3. After Physical Inventory Conducted: Balance in plant supplies at year end: $500.
Balance in office supplies at year end: $7000
A4. Income Taxes accrued $120,000. This is to be paid March 15, 2020
A5. Office Salaries accrued $20,000. Wages accrued $15,000
A6. Mr. Burns uses the balance sheet approach to estimate how money he will lose in
uncollectible accounts. Since the city of Springfield is in a serve recession, Mr. Smithers
estimated for Mr. Burns that 5% of this year ending accounts receivable will be
uncollectible.
A7. Two months of the patent have expired.
A8. Mr. Smithers discovered a sale on account earned by not yet recorded, $50,000.
Since this amount was discovered after the estimate for uncollectible account, this
amount WILL not be included in adjusting entry A6. There were no discount terms
Closing Entries:
C1. Close Revenues & Expenses to Retained Earnings
C2. Close Dividends to Retained Earnings
Step by Step Solution
There are 3 Steps involved in it
Step: 1
Get Instant Access to Expert-Tailored Solutions
See step-by-step solutions with expert insights and AI powered tools for academic success
Step: 2
Step: 3
Ace Your Homework with AI
Get the answers you need in no time with our AI-driven, step-by-step assistance
Get Started