During the fiscal year ended December 31, Swanson Corporation engaged in the following transac-tions involving notes payable: Aug. 6 Borrowed $12,000 from Maple Grove Bank, signing a 45-day, 12 percent note payable.Sept. 16 Purchased office equipment from Seawald Equipment. The invoice amount was$18,000, and Seawald agreed to accept, as full payment, a 10 percent, three-monthnote for the invoice amount.Sept. 20 Paid Maple Grove Bank the note plus accrued interest. Nov. 1 Borrowed $250,000 from Mike Swanson, a major corporate stockholder. The corpora-tion issued Swanson a $250,000, 15 percent, 90-day note payable. Dec. 1 Purchased merchandise inventory in the amount of $5,000 from Gathman Corporation.Gathman accepted a 90-day, 14 percent note as full settlement of the purchase.Swanson Corporation uses a perpetual inventory system.Dec. 16 The $18,000 note payable to Seawald Equipment matured today. Swanson paid theaccrued interest on this note and issued a new 30-day, 16 percent note payable in theamount of $18,000 to replace the note that matured.Instructionsa. Prepare journal entries (in general journal form) to record the above transactions. Use a360-day year in making the interest calculations.b. Prepare the adjusting entry needed at December 31, prior to closing the accounts. Use oneentry for all three notes (round to the nearest dollar).c. Provide a possible explanation why the new 30-day note payable to Seawald Equipment pays16 percent interest instead of the 10 percent rate charged on the September 16 note.
The Effect Of Prepaid Taxes On Assets And Liabilities
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Final Accounts
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Ledger Posting
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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.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, Swanson Corporation engaged in the following transac-
tions involving notes payable:
Aug. 6 Borrowed $12,000 from Maple Grove Bank, signing a 45-day, 12 percent note payable.
Sept. 16 Purchased office equipment from Seawald Equipment. The invoice amount was
$18,000, and Seawald agreed to accept, as full payment, a 10 percent, three-month
note for the invoice amount.
Sept. 20 Paid Maple Grove Bank the note plus accrued interest.
Nov. 1 Borrowed $250,000 from Mike Swanson, a major corporate stockholder. The corpora-
tion issued Swanson a $250,000, 15 percent, 90-day note payable.
Dec. 1 Purchased merchandise inventory in the amount of $5,000 from Gathman Corporation.
Gathman accepted a 90-day, 14 percent note as full settlement of the purchase.
Swanson Corporation uses a perpetual inventory system.
Dec. 16 The $18,000 note payable to Seawald Equipment matured today. Swanson paid the
accrued interest on this note and issued a new 30-day, 16 percent note payable in the
amount of $18,000 to replace the note that matured.
Instructions
a. Prepare
360-day year in making the interest calculations.
b. Prepare the
entry for all three notes (round to the nearest dollar).
c. Provide a possible explanation why the new 30-day note payable to Seawald Equipment pays
16 percent interest instead of the 10 percent rate charged on the September 16 note.
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