Bug-Off Exterminators provides pest control services and sells extermination products manufactured by other companies. Following is the company's unadjusted trial balance as of December 31, 2019.   December 31, 2019   Unadjusted Trial Balance Cash $ 17,000         Accounts receivable   4,000         Allowance for doubtful accounts       $ 828   Merchandise inventory   11,700         Trucks   32,000         Accum. depreciation—Trucks         0   Equipment   45,000         Accum. depreciation—Equipment         12,200   Accounts payable         5,000   Estimated warranty liability         1,400   Unearned services revenue         0   Interest payable         0   Long-term notes payable         15,000   D. Buggs, Capital         59,700   D. Buggs, Withdrawals   10,000         Extermination services revenue         60,000   Interest revenue         872   Sales (of merchandise)         71,026   Cost of goods sold   46,300         Depreciation expense—Trucks   0         Depreciation expense—Equipment   0         Wages expense   35,000         Interest expense   0         Rent expense   9,000         Bad debts expense   0         Miscellaneous expense   1,226         Repairs expense   8,000         Utilities expense   6,800         Warranty expense   0         Totals $ 226,026   $ 226,026       The following information in a through h applies to the company at the end of the current year. The bank reconciliation as of December 31, 2019, includes the following facts.         Cash balance per bank $ 15,100 Cash balance per books   17,000 Outstanding checks   1,800 Deposit in transit   2,450 Interest earned (on bank account)   52 Bank service charges (miscellaneous expense)   15     Reported on the bank statement is a canceled check that the company failed to record. (Information from the bank reconciliation allows you to determine the amount of this check, which is a payment on an account payable.)   An examination of customers’ accounts shows that accounts totaling $679 should be written off as uncollectible. Using an aging of receivables, the company determines that the ending balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts should be $700. A truck is purchased and placed in service on January 1, 2019. Its cost is being depreciated with the straight-line method using the following facts and estimates.         Original cost $ 32,000 Expected salvage value $ 8,000 Useful life (years)   4   Two items of equipment (a sprayer and an injector) were purchased and put into service in early January 2017. They are being depreciated with the straight-line method using these facts and estimates.   Sprayer   Injector   Original cost $ 27,000     $ 18,000   Expected salvage value $ 3,000     $ 2,500   Useful life (years)   8       5     On August 1, 2019, the company is paid $3,840 cash in advance to provide monthly service for an apartment complex for one year. The company began providing the services in August. When the cash was received, the full amount was credited to the Extermination Services Revenue account. The company offers a warranty for the services it sells. The expected cost of providing warranty service is 2.5% of the extermination services revenue, as adjusted in part e) above for 2019. No warranty expense has been recorded for 2019. All costs of servicing warranties in 2019 were properly debited to the Estimated Warranty Liability account. The $15,000 long-term note is an 8%, five-year, interest-bearing note with interest payable annually on December 31. The note was signed with First National Bank on December 31, 2019. The ending inventory of merchandise is counted and determined to have a cost of $11,700. Bug-Off uses a perpetual inventory system. Required: 1. Determine amounts for the following items: Correct (reconciled) ending balance of Cash; and the amount of the omitted check. Adjustment needed to obtain the correct ending balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Depreciation expense for the truck used during year 2019. Depreciation expense for the two items of equipment used during year 2019. The adjusted 2019 ending balances of the Extermination Services Revenue and Unearned Services Revenue accounts. The adjusted 2019 ending balances of the accounts for Warranty Expense and Estimated Warranty Liability. The adjusted 2019 ending balances of the accounts for Interest Expense and Interest Payable. 2. Use the results of part 1 to complete the six-column table by first entering the appropriate adjustments for items a through g and then completing the adjusted trial balance columns. Hint: Item b requires two adjustments. 3. Prepare journal entries to record the adjustments entered on the six-column table. Assume Bug-Off’s adjusted balance for Merchandise Inventory matches the year-end physical count.

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Bug-Off Exterminators provides pest control services and sells extermination products manufactured by other companies. Following is the company's unadjusted trial balance as of December 31, 2019.
 

December 31, 2019
  Unadjusted
Trial Balance
Cash $ 17,000        
Accounts receivable   4,000        
Allowance for doubtful accounts       $ 828  
Merchandise inventory   11,700        
Trucks   32,000        
Accum. depreciation—Trucks         0  
Equipment   45,000        
Accum. depreciation—Equipment         12,200  
Accounts payable         5,000  
Estimated warranty liability         1,400  
Unearned services revenue         0  
Interest payable         0  
Long-term notes payable         15,000  
D. Buggs, Capital         59,700  
D. Buggs, Withdrawals   10,000        
Extermination services revenue         60,000  
Interest revenue         872  
Sales (of merchandise)         71,026  
Cost of goods sold   46,300        
Depreciation expense—Trucks   0        
Depreciation expense—Equipment   0        
Wages expense   35,000        
Interest expense   0        
Rent expense   9,000        
Bad debts expense   0        
Miscellaneous expense   1,226        
Repairs expense   8,000        
Utilities expense   6,800        
Warranty expense   0        
Totals $ 226,026   $ 226,026  
 

 

The following information in a through h applies to the company at the end of the current year.

  1. The bank reconciliation as of December 31, 2019, includes the following facts.  
     
Cash balance per bank $ 15,100
Cash balance per books   17,000
Outstanding checks   1,800
Deposit in transit   2,450
Interest earned (on bank account)   52
Bank service charges (miscellaneous expense)   15
 

 
Reported on the bank statement is a canceled check that the company failed to record. (Information from the bank reconciliation allows you to determine the amount of this check, which is a payment on an account payable.)
 

  1. An examination of customers’ accounts shows that accounts totaling $679 should be written off as uncollectible. Using an aging of receivables, the company determines that the ending balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts should be $700.
  2. A truck is purchased and placed in service on January 1, 2019. Its cost is being depreciated with the straight-line method using the following facts and estimates.

 

     
Original cost $ 32,000
Expected salvage value $ 8,000
Useful life (years)   4
 
  1. Two items of equipment (a sprayer and an injector) were purchased and put into service in early January 2017. They are being depreciated with the straight-line method using these facts and estimates.
  Sprayer   Injector  
Original cost $ 27,000     $ 18,000  
Expected salvage value $ 3,000     $ 2,500  
Useful life (years)   8       5  
 
  1. On August 1, 2019, the company is paid $3,840 cash in advance to provide monthly service for an apartment complex for one year. The company began providing the services in August. When the cash was received, the full amount was credited to the Extermination Services Revenue account.
  2. The company offers a warranty for the services it sells. The expected cost of providing warranty service is 2.5% of the extermination services revenue, as adjusted in part e) above for 2019. No warranty expense has been recorded for 2019. All costs of servicing warranties in 2019 were properly debited to the Estimated Warranty Liability account.
  3. The $15,000 long-term note is an 8%, five-year, interest-bearing note with interest payable annually on December 31. The note was signed with First National Bank on December 31, 2019.
  4. The ending inventory of merchandise is counted and determined to have a cost of $11,700. Bug-Off uses a perpetual inventory system.

Required:
1.
 Determine amounts for the following items:

  1. Correct (reconciled) ending balance of Cash; and the amount of the omitted check.
  2. Adjustment needed to obtain the correct ending balance of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.
  3. Depreciation expense for the truck used during year 2019.
  4. Depreciation expense for the two items of equipment used during year 2019.
  5. The adjusted 2019 ending balances of the Extermination Services Revenue and Unearned Services Revenue accounts.
  6. The adjusted 2019 ending balances of the accounts for Warranty Expense and Estimated Warranty Liability.
  7. The adjusted 2019 ending balances of the accounts for Interest Expense and Interest Payable.

2. Use the results of part 1 to complete the six-column table by first entering the appropriate adjustments for items a through g and then completing the adjusted trial balance columns. Hint: Item b requires two adjustments.
3. Prepare journal entries to record the adjustments entered on the six-column table. Assume Bug-Off’s adjusted balance for Merchandise Inventory matches the year-end physical count.
4a. Prepare a single-step income statement for year 2019.
4b. Prepare a statement of owner’s equity (cash withdrawals during 2019 were $10,000) for year 2019 and there were no investments by the owner in the current year.
4c. Prepare a classified balance sheet as at 2019.

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