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This Practice Set has three parts. In the first part, the student will complete the journal entries and the adjusting journal entries for the month
This Practice Set has three parts. In the first part, the student will complete the journal entries and the adjusting journal entries for the month of May in a manual accounting system for Sophies Flowers Inc. by entering all journal entries and adjusting journal entries in the bac k of the Practice Set. A journal explanation is required for each entry. As the student enters all journal and adjusting journal entries they should also keep track of all entries through the corresponding T - Accounts.
In the second part, the student will complete a bank reconciliation using the bank statement in the Practice Set and will then record the banks reconciling cash journal entries. The student needs to prepare and print out the bank reconciliation using Excel and will recording the correspondin g journal entries related to the bank reconciliation in the back of the Practice Set after the adjusting entries.
In the third part, the student will prepare and print out the Trial Balance, the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet and turn them in for credit.
Background of Sophies Flowers
Sophies Flowers is a flower shop in Salisbury started in May 1, 2017 by Sophie Davis. She has saved over $40,000 to invest in the business. She has met with her lawyer and her Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and t hey have determined that the business should be organized as a corporation. The CPA has helped Miss Davis set up her accounting system. He provided Miss Sophie a chart of accounts.
The student must use the accounts as they are listed in the chart of accounts.
(part 1)Record the May 2017 transactions in the general journal (last section of this Practice Set) using the following events. A n explanation is required for each journal and adjusting journal entry. Skip a line between each entry and number the entries to match the number of transactions. In the general journal record the transaction number, the date, and the journal entry and a n explanation . Create a T - Account for each account in the Chart of Accounts and record the transactions and end with an ending balance. You will need the ending balance in the cash account for the bank reconciliation.
Transactions
| Date | Deposit No. / Check No. | Description |
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May1, 2017 |
| Sophie Davis met with her lawyer and CPA for advice on starting the business. They decided that Miss Davis would organize the business as a corporation. The lawyer told Miss Davis to register the company name Sophies Flowers wi th Wicomico County. In addition, Miss Davis will get an employer identification number (EIN) from the Internal Revenue Service and get a sales tax permit from the state of Maryland. The lawyer agreed to prepare the Articles of Incorporation to be filed wit h the Secretary of State of Maryland. The CPA has agreed to help Miss Davis set up her accounting system. |
| May 1, 2017 | Deposit #1 | Miss Davis opened a business checking account with Bank of America by depositing $40,000. The corporation issued her a stoc k certificate for 4,000 shares of common stock with no par value. |
| May 1, 2017 | Check # 101 | Miss Davis signed a one - year rental agreement with Schumaker Realtors for warehouse space. She paid $6,000 for rent for the months of May 1, 2017 July 31, 201 7. |
| May 2, 2017 | Check $102 | Arranged for a general business liability insurance policy and paid $2,250 for Farmers Insurance. This insurance premium is for 18 months coverage. |
| May 2, 2017 |
| Purchased a new computer that costs $2, 4 00 from Sams Computer Inc. for use in the business. Miss Davis signed a six - month, 15%, installment note payable for the cost of the computer. The computer has an estimated useful life of 4 years and the residual value is $100. This will be recorded as Computer, and de preciated accordingly. |
| May 3, 2017 | Deposit #2 | Signed a note payable to borrow $20,000 from Bank of America. Interest is 5% annually and the note is to be repaid with interest in six months. |
| May 4, 2017 | Check #103 | Paid $600 for shipping supplies |
| May 4, 2017 | Check #104 | Paid $1,200 for wrapping supplies |
| May 8 , 2017 | Check #105 | Paid $9,000 for website development. The estimated service life of this asset is 5 years. The residual value is zero. These items will be recorded as Website Development and |
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| May 8, 2017 | Check #106 | Arranged for MovePro Movers to make the delivery and setup for the computer and paid the delivery $100. This charge should be added to the cost of the computer purchased and depreciated on the same basis as the computer. |
| May 9, 2017 | Check #107 | Purchased $480 office supplies for cash from Staples. |
| May 10, 2017 |
| Purchased $ 8 ,800 of flowers on account. The ven dor extended credit terms of 3/15, n/30. |
| May 10, 2017 |
| Purchased $ 3 , 2 00 containers on account. There were no credit terms or prompt payment. |
| May 11, 2017 | Check #108 | Miss Davis received invoice and paid the $500 charge from her lawyer. |
| May 12, 2017 |
| Sophies Flowers is now open for business. Customers will go online and select the flowers they wish to purchase. The payment will be made using the customers credit card. Sophies Flowers will treat credit card sales as cash sales. |
| M ay 12, 2017 | Deposit #3 | Sold merchandise that cost $1, 8 00 for $3,500. Sales tax will be $210. The cost of the flowers is $1, 3 00 and the cost of the containers is $500. The merchandise will be shipped FOB destination. |
| May 1 5 , 2017 | Check #109 | Paid $180 to deliver merchandise. |
| May 16, 2017 |
| Purchased additional flowers on account for $5,000. Credit terms were 3/15, n/30. |
| May 17, 2017 | Deposit #4 | Recorded internet sales for the first 6 days. Sales totaled $6,200. Sales tax is $3 7 2. The cost of the merchandise sold was $4,600, including $3,800 cost of flowers and $800 cost of containers . Delivery expense totaled $445. |
| May 18, 2017 | Check #110 | Received and paid the invoice from the internet domain registrar. |
| May 19, 2017 | C heck #111 | Received invoice and paid $450 charge from her CPA. This charge will be considered Legal Expense. |
| May 20, 2017 |
| Miss Davis participated at a floral exhibition held at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center. She felt this was a good way to advertise her new business. The Wicomico Youth & Civic Center charged her $350. She will pay the bill later. She considers this charg e an advertising and promotion expense. |
| May 23, 2017 | Check #112 | Miss Davis paid the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center. |
| May 24, 2017 | Check # 113 | Paid the containers purchased on May 10, 2017. |
| May 26, 2017 | Deposit #5 | Internet sales totaled $7, 800. Sales tax is $468. The cost of the merchandise sold was $6,100, including flowers $5,400 and containers $700. Delivery expense totaled $720. |
| May 29, 2017 | Check #114 | Paid the balance due for the flowers. There are two invoices. |
| May 31, 2017 |
| Credit card company sent bill for $150. This was automatically deducted from Sophies Flowers checking accounting as a debit memo. |
| May 31, 2017 |
| Received but did not pay the utility bill for the month of $310. |
| May 31, 2017 | Check #115 | Paid t he first monthly installment on computer. The amount included $30 for interest and $400 for principal. |
| May 31, 2017 | Deposit #6 | Recorded internet sales for in the last week of the month. Sales totaled $5,200. Sales tax is $312. The cost of the merchandise sold was $3, 9 00, including $2, 9 00 cost of flowers and $ 1 , 0 00 cost of containers . Delivery expense totaled $445. |
| May 31, 2017 | Check #116 | Declared and paid a cash dividend of $400 to Miss Davis. |
Once all journal entries are recorded in th e Practice Set, record the adjusting journal entries for the month of May as below. Write the journal entries in the Practice Set after the original journal entries. Here round all answers to the nearest cent if necessary.
a. $45 of office supplies remained on hand.
b. $80 of shipping supplies remained on hand.
c. $25 of wrapping supplies remained on hand.
d. $900 of wages for the part - time help from Jennys Helping Hands Inc. for May should be accrued. Do not worry about payroll tax. Jennys Helping Hands Inc. wil l handle these.
e. Make the necessary adjusting entries for one months depreciation for the Website Devel opment using straight line depreciation.
f. Make the necessary adjusting entries for one months depreciation for the Computer using straight line depreci ation.
g. One month of the prepaid insurance has expired.
h. One month of the prepaid rent has expired.
i. Record the inter es t for the loan from Bank of America for one month.
j. One month of the prepaid domain charges have been used.
Make sure to prepare the journal entries, the adjusting entries, and the entry explanation s for all entries in the Practice Set. All T - Accounts with the correct balances should be prepared. Make sure all accounts in the Chart of Accounts are included.
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