Metro Department Store is located in midtown Metropolis. During the past several years, net income has been
Question:
Metro Department Store is located in midtown Metropolis. During the past several years, net income has been declining because of suburban shopping centers. At the end of the company's fiscal year on November 30, 1998, the following accounts appeared in two of its trial balances:
Analysis reveals the following additional data:
1. Salaries expense is \(70 \%\) selling and \(30 \%\) administrative.
2. Insurance expense is \(50 \%\) selling and \(50 \%\) administrative.
3. Rent expense, utilities expense, and property tax expense are administrative expenses.
4. Notes payable are due in 2002.
\section*{Instructions}
(a) Prepare a multiple-step income statement, a retained earnings statement, and a classified balance sheet.
(b) Journalize the adjusting entries that were made.
(c) Journalize the closing entries that are necessary.
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Financial Accounting
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