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Zeek & Sunny operates a online recruitment agency called ZS recruiters.pk. Some clients pay in advance for services; others are billed after services have been
Zeek & Sunny operates a online recruitment agency called ZS recruiters.pk. Some clients pay in advance for services; others are billed after services have been performed. Advance payments are credited to an account entitled Unearned Agency Fees. Adjusting entries are performed on a monthly basis. Closing entries are performed annually on December 31. An unadjusted trial balance dated December 31, 2011, follows. (Bear in mind that adjusting entries have already been made for the first 11 months of 2011, but not for December.)
Zeek & Sunnay Recruiters
UNADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE
DECEMBER 31, 2011
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 14,950
Fees receivable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,300
Prepaid rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200
Unexpired insurance policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Office supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900
Office equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000
Accumulated depreciation: office equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12,000
Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500
Note payable (due 3/1/12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000
Income taxes payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200
Unearned agency fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000
Capital stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000
Retained earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,800
Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800
Agency fees earned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,500
Telephone expense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Office supply expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,130
Depreciation expense: office equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,750
Rent expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,100
Insurance expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,175
Salaries expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,640
Income taxes expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,200
Total $108,000 $108,000
Other data related to adjusting entries follows
1. Office equipment is being depreciated over 60 months (5 years).
2. At December 31, 2011, $2,500 of previously unearned agency fees had been earned.
3. Accrued but unrecorded and unpaid salary expense totals $1,360 at December 31, 2011.
4. The agency pays rent quarterly (every three months). The most recent advance payment of $1,800
was made November 1, 2011. The next payment of $1,800 will be made on February 1, 2012.
5. Accrued but unrecorded and uncollected agency fees earned total $3,000 at December 31, 2011.
6. Office supplies on hand at December 31, 2011, total $530.
7. On September 1, 2011, the agency purchased a six-month insurance policy for $750.
8. On December 1, 2011, the agency borrowed $6,000 by signing a three-month, 9 percent note
payable. The entire amount borrowed, plus interest, is due March 1, 2012.
9. Accrued income taxes payable for the entire year ending December 31, 2011, total $3,900.
The full amount is due early in 2012.
Instructions
Prepare the necessary year-end closing entries.
Prepare an after-closing trial balance.
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