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Vanishing Games Corporation (VGC) operates a massively multiplayer online game, charging players a monthly subscription of $12. At the start of January 2021, VGCs income

Vanishing Games Corporation (VGC) operates a massively multiplayer online game, charging players a monthly subscription of $12. At the start of January 2021, VGCs income statement accounts had zero balances and its balance sheet account balances were as follows:

Cash $ 1,940,000
Accounts Receivable 183,000
Supplies 17,200
Equipment 953,000
Buildings 498,000
Land 1,940,000
Accounts Payable 111,000
Deferred Revenue 157,000
Notes Payable (due 2025) 152,000
Common Stock 2,700,000
Retained Earnings 2,411,200

In addition to the above accounts, VGCs chart of accounts includes the following: Service Revenue, Salaries and Wages Expense, Advertising Expense, and Utilities Expense. The following transactions occurred during the January month:

  1. Received $60,250 cash from customers on 1/1 for subscriptions that had already been earned and charged on account in 2020.
  2. Purchased 10 new computer servers for $41,800 on 1/2; paid $19,600 cash and signed a three-year note for the remainder owed.
  3. Paid $12,400 for an Internet advertisement run on 1/3.
  4. On January 4, purchased and received $5,500 of supplies on account.
  5. Received $200,000 cash on 1/5 from customers for service revenue earned in January.
  6. On January 6, paid $5,500 cash for supplies purchased on January 4.
  7. On January 7, sold 13,000 subscriptions at $12 each for services provided during January. Half was collected in cash and half was sold on account.
  8. Paid $330,000 in wages to employees on 1/30 for work done in January.
  9. On January 31, received an electric and gas utility bill for $6,250 for January utility services. The bill will be paid in February.

Required:

  1. Analyze the effect of the January transactions on the accounting equation, and indicate the account, amount, and direction of the effect of each transaction. (Enter any decreases to Assets, Liabilities, and Stockholder's Equity with a minus sign.)
  2. Prepare journal entries for the January transactions. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)
  3. Enter the beginning balances shown above in the following T-accounts and post the journal entries.
  4. Prepare an unadjusted trial balance as of January 31, 2021.
  5. Prepare an Income Statement for the month ended January 31, 2021, using unadjusted balances from part 4.
  6. Prepare a Statement of Retained Earnings for the month ended January 31, 2021, using the beginning balance given above and the net income from part 5. Assume VGC has no dividends, but include a line in the statement of retained earnings reporting Dividends of zero.
  7. Prepare a classified Balance Sheet at January 31, 2021, using your response to part 6.
  8. Calculate net profit margin, expressed as a percent. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
  9. Prepare journal entries to record the transactions and appropriate adjustments. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)
  10. Post the entries from requirement 1 to T-accounts and prepare an adjusted trial balance.
  11. 3-a. Prepare an income statement for January 31.

  12. 3-b. Prepare a classified balance sheet for January 31

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