Preparing Adjusting Entries, Financial Statements, and Closing Entries Fischer Card Shop is a small retail shop. Fischer's balance sheet at year-end 2013 is as follows. The following information details transactions and adjustments that occurred during 2014. 1. Sales total $145,850 in 2014; all sales were cash sales. 2. Inventory purchases total $76,200 in 2014; at December 31, 2014, inventory totals $14,500. Assume all purchases are made on account. 3. Accounts payable totals $4,100 at December 31, 2014. 4. Annual store rent for $24,000 and was paid on March 1, 2014, covering the next 12 months. The balance in prepaid rent at December 31, 2013, was the balance remaining from the advance rent payment in 2013. 5. Wages are paid every other week on Friday; during 2014, Fischer paid $12,500 cash for wages. At December 31, 2014, Fischer owed employees unpaid and unrecorded wages of $350. 6. Depreciation on equipment totals $1,700 in 2014.
Fischer Card Shop Balance Sheet December 31, 2013 |
Cash | | $8,500 | Accounts payable | $5,200 |
Inventories | | 12,000 | Wages payable | 100 |
Prepaid rent | | 3,800 | Total current liabilities | 5,300 |
Total current assets | | 24,300 | Total equity (includes retained earnings) | 23,500 |
Equipment | $7,500 | | Total liabilities and equity | $28,800 |
Less Accumulated depreciation | 3,000 | | | |
Equipment, net | | 4,500 | | |
Total assets | | $28,800 | | |
(b) Set up T-accounts, including beginning balances, and post the journal entries to those T-accounts on the appropriate line. After all transactions are recorded, compute the balance for each account in the appropriate column.
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(c) Prepare its income statement for 2014, and its balance sheet at December 31, 2014.
Fischer Card Shop Income Statement AnswerFor the Year Ended December 31, 2014December 31, 2014 |
AnswerEquipmentAccounts PayableRetained EarningsSales RevenueWages PayableWages ExpenseRent ExpenseCost of Goods SoldInventoriesPrepaid RentAccumulated Depr. Equip.CashDepreciation Expense | | $Answer |
AnswerPrepaid RentWages ExpenseSales RevenueRent ExpenseRetained EarningsEquipmentDepreciation ExpenseAccounts PayableInventoriesCost of Goods SoldWages PayableAccumulated Depr. Equip.Cash | | Answer |
Gross profit | | Answer |
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Rent Expense | $Answer | |
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Net income | | $Answer |
Fischer Card Shop Balance Sheet |
| 2014 | 2013 |
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AnswerRetained EarningsAccounts PayableAccumulated Depr. Equip.InventoriesWages PayableCost of Goods SoldRent ExpenseCashWages ExpenseEquipmentDepreciation ExpenseSales RevenuePrepaid Rent | $Answer | $Answer |
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AnswerDepreciation ExpenseCashWages ExpenseWages PayableSales RevenueInventoriesCost of Goods SoldAccounts PayableRetained EarningsEquipmentRent ExpenseAccumulated Depr. Equip.Prepaid Rent | Answer | Answer |
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Liabilities and equity: | | |
AnswerDepreciation ExpenseSales RevenueAccounts PayableCost of Goods SoldInventoriesCashWages ExpenseRetained EarningsRent ExpenseAccumulated Depr. Equip.EquipmentWages PayablePrepaid Rent | Answer | Answer |
Wages payable | Answer | Answer |
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Total liabilities and equity | $Answer | $Answer |
d. Prepare entries to close its temporary accounts in journal entry form and post the closing entries to the T-accounts.
General Journal |
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(7) | AnswerWages PayableEquipmentDepreciation ExpenseAccounts PayableAccumulated Depr. Equip.Cost of Goods SoldInventoriesPrepaid RentWages ExpenseRetained EarningsSales RevenueRent ExpenseCash | Answer | Answer |
| AnswerRent ExpenseRetained EarningsEquipmentWages PayableAccumulated Depr. Equip.Prepaid RentWages ExpenseCashSales RevenueAccounts PayableInventoriesDepreciation ExpenseCost of Goods Sold | Answer | Answer |
| To close the revenue account. | | |
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(8) | AnswerSales RevenueWages ExpenseCost of Goods SoldAccumulated Depr. Equip.Accounts PayableCashDepreciation ExpenseEquipmentInventoriesRetained EarningsRent ExpensePrepaid RentWages Payable | Answer | Answer |
| Cost of goods sold | Answer | Answer |
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| To close the expense accounts. | | |