Crazy Mountain Outfitters Co., an outfitter store for fishing treks, prepared the following unadjusted trial balance at the end of its first year of operations: Crazy Mountain Outfitters Co. Unadjusted Trial Balance April 30, 20Y5 Debit Balances Credit Balances Cash 14,150 Accounts Receivable 93,960 Supplies 22,640 Equipment 479,860 Accounts Payable 22,070 Unearned Fees 24,900 Common Stock 55,000 Retained Earnings 276,000 Dividends 18,680 Fees Earned 566,010 Wages Expense 131,310 Rent Expense 100,180 Utilities Expense 71,880 Miscellaneous Expense 11,320 943,980 943,980 For preparing the adjusting entries, the following data were assembled: Supplies on hand on April 30 were $8,360. Fees earned but unbilled on April 30 were $10,240. Depreciation of equipment was estimated to be $14,150 for the year. Unpaid wages accrued on April 30 were $1,810. The balance in unearned fees represented the April 1 receipt in advance for services to be provided. Only $19,670 of the services was provided between April 1 and April 30.
The Effect Of Prepaid Taxes On Assets And Liabilities
Many businesses estimate tax liability and make payments throughout the year (often quarterly). When a company overestimates its tax liability, this results in the business paying a prepaid tax. Prepaid taxes will be reversed within one year but can result in prepaid assets and liabilities.
Final Accounts
Financial accounting is one of the branches of accounting in which the transactions arising in the business over a particular period are recorded.
Ledger Posting
A ledger is an account that provides information on all the transactions that have taken place during a particular period. It is also known as General Ledger. For example, your bank account statement is a general ledger that gives information about the amount paid/debited or received/ credited from your bank account over some time.
Trial Balance and Final Accounts
In accounting we start with recording transaction with journal entries then we make separate ledger account for each type of transaction. It is very necessary to check and verify that the transaction transferred to ledgers from the journal are accurately recorded or not. Trial balance helps in this. Trial balance helps to check the accuracy of posting the ledger accounts. It helps the accountant to assist in preparing final accounts. It also helps the accountant to check whether all the debits and credits of items are recorded and posted accurately. Like in a balance sheet debit and credit side should be equal, similarly in trial balance debit balance and credit balance should tally.
Adjustment Entries
At the end of every accounting period Adjustment Entries are made in order to adjust the accounts precisely replicate the expenses and revenue of the current period. It is also known as end of period adjustment. It can also be referred as financial reporting that corrects the errors made previously in the accounting period. The basic characteristics of every adjustment entry is that it affects at least one real account and one nominal account.
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