Homework - Correcting Other Period Deferral Errors

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Apr 3, 2024

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1. On Sept. 1, 2022 your company sublet a space for $500 per month. You received a check on Sept. 1, 2022 for $3,000 which represented 6 months of rent income. When you received this money you recorded it as Liability (Unearned Rent Revenue). You discover as you are preparing the year-end financial statements that the adjusting entry was not made. What is the correcting entry? 6-4=2 2*500=1000 JOURNAL DATE DESCRIPTION POST. REF. DEBIT CREDIT 1 Rent Revenue 1 0 0 0 00 1 2 Unearned Revenue 1 0 0 0 00 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 2. Using the information in #1 assume you discover the adjusting entry was made for $ 1,500 What is the correcting entry? 1000-1500= 500 JOURNAL DATE DESCRIPTION POST. REF. DEBIT CREDIT 1 Unearned Revenue 5 0 0 00 1 2 Rent Revenue 5 0 0 00 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6
3. You company purchased a 24-month insurance policy on April 1, 2022 for $ 6,200. When you made the payment it was recorded as an asset (Prepaid Insurance). As you are preparing the financial statements you discover the adjusting entry to defer this expense was not made. What is the correcting entry? 6200/24=258.33 258.33*9= 2324.97 6200-2324.97=3875.03 JOURNAL DATE DESCRIPTION POST. REF. DEBIT CREDIT 1 Insurance Expense 2 3 2 4 97 1 2 Prepaid Insurance 2 3 2 4 97 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 4. Using the information in # 3 now assume you discover that the adjusting entry was made for $ 2,640. Make the correcting entry: 2640-2324.97=315.03 extra JOURNAL DATE DESCRIPTION POST. REF. DEBIT CREDIT 1 Prepaid Insurance 3 1 5 03 1 2 Insurance Expense 3 1 5 03 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6
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