Neep help with adjusting entries and adjusting trial balance
ACCT B202 / Spring 2020 / Page 1 of 3 ACCOUNTING CYCLE PROBLEM Worth 60 points toward your final grade Journal entries due March 6 Completed Problem DUE March 20 start of class In grading this, I will be looking for whether you approached the problem appropriately (check figures are provided so you will know if you are on the right track) and if you followed directions You will only obtain the maximum points IF you get the correct answers, since after all, you have check figures! And managers want the correct numbers to base decisions on! I will also check to see if your worksheet, journal, ledger and financial statements hang together (l.e., have the same amounts on each, and that the financial statements articulate). This problem will take some time, so start early so that if you run into problems, you can got help. You will regret it if you wait until the night before it is due! You should be able to earn ALL the available points on this project! On February 28, 2020, Wolfpack Inc, had account balances in their general ledger, as shown on the attached page of T-accounts During the month of March (based on March 2020 calendar on page 3), Wolfpack engaged in the following transactions: Mar 2 Received $6.400 cash from customers as payment on account. 3 Put $3,000 down on new equipment with a cost of $15,000. The remainder was borrowed from the bank at 8%, with the principal and interest to be paid a year from now. The new equipment should last 7 years and have a $500 salvage value. 5 Paid for renewal of a business liability insurance policy for three years, $5,400, term started on March 1. 9 Recorded fees earned on account of $13,000. 11 Wolfpack received $5,000 cash for services performed. Payday-employees are paid a total of $3,200 every two weeks for 8 hours per day, 5 days per week: Cut-off for payroll is the Friday before payday. This means that some of the work employees are being paid for is for work performed in February. (HINT: Look in the General Ledger) so this payday is for the two weeks ending March 6. 16 Purchased supplies on account, $4,000. AOCT 3202 / Spring 2020 / Page 2 of 3 18 Received a $7.000 check from Kettle Corp. for services to be performed in | April 20 Paid $600 to Google Ad Services for 60 days of daily ad placement starting March 23 23 Paid for 75% of the balance in Accounts Payable as of 3/23. 25 Received $8,000 payment from customers on account. 28 The board declared and paid a dividend of $2,500. 27 Payday for the two weeks ending March 20. 30 Paid rent for April. The rent is going up April 1 to $1,000 per month 31 Paid $450 utility bill for March Step-by-step through the accounting cycle: a. Write journal entries for each transaction listed above on the journal entry paper posted on Bb or notebook paper: This is your General Journal. Those are due by MARCH 6 in class. Make a copy to hand in so you have a copy to work from! This is worth part of the final grade! We will go over this in class so you can finish the problem with correct amounts. b. Post each transaction to the ledger, checking of each entry as you enter it into the lodger. c. After you post all entries, then strike a balance in each account. Each one should have its normal balance. You should find the CASH balance to be $12.575 d. Prepare an unadjusted trial balance on the worksheet provided to test DR = CR (follow model in Chapter 3 (page 3-30 through 3-32 in e-textbook on WileyPlus or on reserve in the library.) recording only the DR or CR balances for each account. If DR CR, find your errors. You may do this on Excel, using the spreadsheet posted on Bb. e. Prepare adjusting entries in the General Journal at the end of February. Note that the actual month of March 2020 is the basis for this problem (posted below). ROUND TO NEAREST DOLLAR. Be sure to SHOW CALCULATIONS for these! Record depreciation for the month. The pre-existing equipment had a 5 year life and no salvage value. Supplies on hand at the end of February total $2,800. The balance in Uneamed Fees on March 31 should relate to Kettle Corp. e only. ACCT B202 / Spring 2020 / Page 3 of 3 Record accrued salaries as of March 31. Record the expiration of one month of insurance. Accrue interest on the note payable. - Adjust for expired rent 8) Adjust for advertising Services received 1. Post adjusting entries to the General Ledger. Strike new balances in the accounts in the GL g. Prepare an Adjusted Trial Balance and test to see if DR = CR. If not, find your errors. h. Prepare three financial statements using the information in the adjusted trial balance, as shown on pages 4-22 through 4-24 -- Income Statement, Statement of Retained Earnings, and Balance Sheet in GOOD FORM, which means the header needs to be included) L Now write all necessary closing entries in your General Journal and post them to the General Ledger Finally prepare a Post-Closing Trial Balance (see pages 4-27 through 4-29) to test the accuracy of the journaling/posting of the closing entries. An example of a PCTB is in Ilustration 4-34 (Step 9. Prepare a Post-Closing Trial Balance) k Staple the project together in the following order: 1. Trial balances 2 General Ledger 3. General Journal 4. Income Statement, Statement of Retained Earnings, Balance Sheet 5. Post-closing Trial Balance I f you hand it in late, I will deduct points from your final score--5% for each 24- hour period you wait to hand it in, and that includes the weekend! March 2020 0 1 2 ACCT B202 / Spring 2020 / Page 1 of 3 ACCOUNTING CYCLE PROBLEM Worth 60 points toward your final grade Journal entries due March 6 Completed Problem DUE March 20 start of class In grading this, I will be looking for whether you approached the problem appropriately (check figures are provided so you will know if you are on the right track) and if you followed directions You will only obtain the maximum points IF you get the correct answers, since after all, you have check figures! And managers want the correct numbers to base decisions on! I will also check to see if your worksheet, journal, ledger and financial statements hang together (l.e., have the same amounts on each, and that the financial statements articulate). This problem will take some time, so start early so that if you run into problems, you can got help. You will regret it if you wait until the night before it is due! You should be able to earn ALL the available points on this project! On February 28, 2020, Wolfpack Inc, had account balances in their general ledger, as shown on the attached page of T-accounts During the month of March (based on March 2020 calendar on page 3), Wolfpack engaged in the following transactions: Mar 2 Received $6.400 cash from customers as payment on account. 3 Put $3,000 down on new equipment with a cost of $15,000. The remainder was borrowed from the bank at 8%, with the principal and interest to be paid a year from now. The new equipment should last 7 years and have a $500 salvage value. 5 Paid for renewal of a business liability insurance policy for three years, $5,400, term started on March 1. 9 Recorded fees earned on account of $13,000. 11 Wolfpack received $5,000 cash for services performed. Payday-employees are paid a total of $3,200 every two weeks for 8 hours per day, 5 days per week: Cut-off for payroll is the Friday before payday. This means that some of the work employees are being paid for is for work performed in February. (HINT: Look in the General Ledger) so this payday is for the two weeks ending March 6. 16 Purchased supplies on account, $4,000. AOCT 3202 / Spring 2020 / Page 2 of 3 18 Received a $7.000 check from Kettle Corp. for services to be performed in | April 20 Paid $600 to Google Ad Services for 60 days of daily ad placement starting March 23 23 Paid for 75% of the balance in Accounts Payable as of 3/23. 25 Received $8,000 payment from customers on account. 28 The board declared and paid a dividend of $2,500. 27 Payday for the two weeks ending March 20. 30 Paid rent for April. The rent is going up April 1 to $1,000 per month 31 Paid $450 utility bill for March Step-by-step through the accounting cycle: a. Write journal entries for each transaction listed above on the journal entry paper posted on Bb or notebook paper: This is your General Journal. Those are due by MARCH 6 in class. Make a copy to hand in so you have a copy to work from! This is worth part of the final grade! We will go over this in class so you can finish the problem with correct amounts. b. Post each transaction to the ledger, checking of each entry as you enter it into the lodger. c. After you post all entries, then strike a balance in each account. Each one should have its normal balance. You should find the CASH balance to be $12.575 d. Prepare an unadjusted trial balance on the worksheet provided to test DR = CR (follow model in Chapter 3 (page 3-30 through 3-32 in e-textbook on WileyPlus or on reserve in the library.) recording only the DR or CR balances for each account. If DR CR, find your errors. You may do this on Excel, using the spreadsheet posted on Bb. e. Prepare adjusting entries in the General Journal at the end of February. Note that the actual month of March 2020 is the basis for this problem (posted below). ROUND TO NEAREST DOLLAR. Be sure to SHOW CALCULATIONS for these! Record depreciation for the month. The pre-existing equipment had a 5 year life and no salvage value. Supplies on hand at the end of February total $2,800. The balance in Uneamed Fees on March 31 should relate to Kettle Corp. e only. ACCT B202 / Spring 2020 / Page 3 of 3 Record accrued salaries as of March 31. Record the expiration of one month of insurance. Accrue interest on the note payable. - Adjust for expired rent 8) Adjust for advertising Services received 1. Post adjusting entries to the General Ledger. Strike new balances in the accounts in the GL g. Prepare an Adjusted Trial Balance and test to see if DR = CR. If not, find your errors. h. Prepare three financial statements using the information in the adjusted trial balance, as shown on pages 4-22 through 4-24 -- Income Statement, Statement of Retained Earnings, and Balance Sheet in GOOD FORM, which means the header needs to be included) L Now write all necessary closing entries in your General Journal and post them to the General Ledger Finally prepare a Post-Closing Trial Balance (see pages 4-27 through 4-29) to test the accuracy of the journaling/posting of the closing entries. An example of a PCTB is in Ilustration 4-34 (Step 9. Prepare a Post-Closing Trial Balance) k Staple the project together in the following order: 1. Trial balances 2 General Ledger 3. General Journal 4. Income Statement, Statement of Retained Earnings, Balance Sheet 5. Post-closing Trial Balance I f you hand it in late, I will deduct points from your final score--5% for each 24- hour period you wait to hand it in, and that includes the weekend! March 2020 0 1 2