Date Account Titles Debit Credit Bad Debts Expense Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Dec. 31 530 530 Salaries Expense Salaries Payable 31 940 940 31 Unearned Rent Rent Revenue 1,230 1,230 Interest Expense Interest Payable (due July 1, 2020) 31 220 220 Rent Receivable Rent Revenue 31 310 310 31 Depreciation Expense Accumulated Depreciation 5,100 5,100 31 Insurance Expense Prepaid Insurance Interest Receivable (due February 1, 2021) Interest Revenue 312 312 31 225 225 Office Supplies Office Supplies Expense Advances to Salespersons Salaries Expense 31 100 100 31 300 300 Income Tax Expense Income Taxes Payable 31 4,300 4,300
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.
On December 31, 2019, Mason Company made following proper year-end
1. Prepare
2. Explain your reasoning for each reversing entry.
![Date
Account Titles
Debit
Credit
Bad Debts Expense
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Dec. 31
530
530
Salaries Expense
Salaries Payable
31
940
940
31
Unearned Rent
Rent Revenue
1,230
1,230
Interest Expense
Interest Payable (due July 1, 2020)
31
220
220
Rent Receivable
Rent Revenue
31
310
310
31
Depreciation Expense
Accumulated Depreciation
5,100
5,100
31
Insurance Expense
Prepaid Insurance
Interest Receivable (due February 1, 2021)
Interest Revenue
312
312
31
225
225
Office Supplies
Office Supplies Expense
Advances to Salespersons
Salaries Expense
31
100
100
31
300
300
Income Tax Expense
Income Taxes Payable
31
4,300
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