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On December 1, Year 1, John and Patty Driver formed a corporation called Susquehanna Equipment Rentals. The new corporation was able to begin operations immediately by purchasing the assets and taking over the location of Rent-It, an equipment rental company that was going out of business. The newly formed company uses the following accounts.

Cash	Share Capital
Accounts Receivable	Retained Earnings
Prepaid Rent	Dividends
Unexpired Insurance	Income Summary
Office Supplies	Rental Fees Earned
Rental Equipment	Salaries Expense
Accumulated Depreciation: Rental Equipment	Maintenance Expense
Notes Payable	Utilities Expense
Accounts Payable	Rent Expense
Interest Payable	Office Supplies Expense
Salaries Payable	Depreciation Expense
Dividends Payable	Interest Expense
Unearned Rental Fees	Income Taxes Expense
Income Taxes Payable

The corporation performs adjusting entries monthly. Closing entries are performed annually on December 31. During December of its first year of operations, the corporation entered into the following transactions.

Dec.	1		Issued to John and Patty Driver 20,000 new shares in exchange for a total of $200,000 cash.
Dec.	1		Purchased for $192,000 all of the equipment formerly owned by Rent-It. Paid $137,000 cash and issued a 1-year note payable for $55,000. The note, plus all 12 months of accrued interest, are due November 30, Year 2.
Dec.	1		Paid $10,200 to Shapiro Realty as three months advance rent on the rental yard and office formerly occupied by Rent-It.
Dec.	4		Purchased office supplies on account from Modern Office Co., $1,300. Payment due in 30 days. (These supplies are expected to last for several months; debit the Office Supplies asset account.)
Dec.	8		Received $9,000 cash as advance payment on equipment rental from McNamer Construction Company. (Credit Unearned Rental Fees.)
Dec.	12		Paid salaries of $4,700 for the first two weeks in December.
Dec.	15		Excluding the McNamer advance, equipment rental fees earned during the first 15 days of December amounted to $18,900, of which $12,700 was received in cash.
Dec.	17		Purchased on account from Earth Movers, Inc., $1,000 in parts needed to perform basic maintenance on a rental tractor. Payment is due in 10 days.
Dec.	23		Collected $2,100 of the accounts receivable recorded on December 15.
Dec.	26		Rented a backhoe to Mission Landscaping at a price of $270 per day, to be paid when the backhoe is returned. Mission Landscaping expects to keep the backhoe for about two or three weeks.
Dec.	26		Paid biweekly salaries, $4,700.
Dec.	27		Paid the account payable to Earth Movers, Inc., $1,000.
Dec.	28		Declared a dividend of 10 cents per share, payable on January 15, Year 2.
Dec.	29		Susquehanna Equipment Rentals was named, along with Mission Landscaping and Collier Construction, as a co-defendant in a $22,000 lawsuit filed on behalf of Kevin Davenport. Mission Landscaping had left the rented backhoe in a fenced construction site owned by Collier Construction. After working hours on December 26, Davenport had climbed the fence to play on parked construction equipment. While playing on the backhoe, he fell and broke his arm. The extent of the companys legal and financial responsibility for this accident, if any, cannot be determined at this time. (Note: This event does not require a journal entry at this time, but may require disclosure in notes accompanying the statements.)
Dec.	29		Purchased a 12-month public liability insurance policy for $9,360. This policy protects the company against liability for injuries and property damage caused by its equipment. However, the policy goes into effect on January 1, Year 2, and affords no coverage for the injuries sustained by Kevin Davenport on December 26.
Dec.	31		Received a bill from Universal Utilities for the month of December, $690. Payment is due in 30 days.
Dec.	31		Equipment rental fees earned during the second half of December amounted to $20,200, of which $16,300 was received in cash.

Data for Adjusting Entries in Year 1

The advance payment of rent on December 1 covered a period of three months.

The annual interest rate on the note payable to Rent-It is 6 percent.

The rental equipment is being depreciated by the straight-line method over a period of eight years. Any salvage value at the end of its useful life is expected to be negligible and immaterial.

Office supplies on hand at December 31 are estimated at $690.

During December, the company earned $3,900 of the rental fees paid in advance by McNamer Construction Company on December 8.

As of December 31, six days rent on the backhoe rented to Mission Landscaping on December 26 has been earned.

Salaries earned by employees since the last payroll date (December 26) amounted to $1,300 at month-end.

It is estimated that the company is subject to an income tax rate of 30 percent of profit before income taxes (total revenue minus all expenses other than income taxes). These taxes will be payable in Year 2.

1-c. Prepare closing entries and post to ledger accounts.

Prepare closing entries and post to ledger accounts. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Journal entry worksheet

Record the entry to close revenue earned to income summary.

Note: Enter debits before credits.

Date	General Journal	Debit	Credit
Dec. 31

No journal entry required

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Accumulated depreciation: rental equipment

Capital stock

Cash

Depreciation expense

Dividends

Dividends payable

Income summary

Income taxes expense

Income taxes payable

Interest expense

Interest payable

Maintenance expense

Notes payable

Office supplies

Office supplies expense

Prepaid rent

Rent expense

Rental equipment

Rental fees earned

Retained earnings

Salaries expense

Salaries payable

Unearned rental fees

Unexpired insurance

Utilities expense