The following independent events for Repertory Theatre Ltd. during the year ended December 31, 2017, require a transaction journal entry or an adjusting journal entry, or both. The company adjusts its accounts annually.

1. The total biweekly payroll is $9,000, paid every other Friday for employee salaries earned during the prior 12-day workweek (Saturday to Thursday). This year, December 31 falls on a Friday. Salaries were last paid (and recorded) on Friday, December 24, and will be paid next on Friday, January 7.

2. Repertory Theatre rents a portion of its facilities for $600 a month to a local seniors choir that uses the space for rehearsals. The choirs treasurer was ill during December, and on January 7, the theatre received a $1,200 cheque for both the amount owing for the month of December and the rent for the month of January.

3. Upon reviewing its books on December 31, the theatre noted that a telephone bill for the month of December had not yet been received. A call to Bell Aliant determined that the telephone bill was for $1,125. The bill was paid on January 11. (Hint: Use the Utilities Expense account for telephone services.)

a. Prepare the year-end adjusting entries required for items 1 through 7 on December 31.

b. Record the subsequent cash transactions in January for (1) the interest paid on January 1 (item 4), (2) payment of the payroll on January 7 (item 1), (3) receipt of the rent on January 7 (item 2), and (4) payment of the telephone bill on January 11 (item 3).