Instructions 1. Prepare a corrected unadjusted trial balance as of January 31, 2019. 2. Does the fact that the unadjusted trial balance in (1) is balanced mean that there are no errors in the accounts? Explain.
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.
PR 2-6A
Tech Support Services has the following unadjusted
Tech Support Services
Unadjusted Trial Balance
January 31, 2019
Debit Credit
Balances Balances
Cash .................................................................................... 25,550
Supplies ............................................................................... 6,660
Prepaid Insurance ................................................................ 3,600
Equipment ........................................................................... 162,000
Notes Payable ...................................................................... 75,000
Accounts Payable ................................................................ 13,200
Thad Engelberg, Capital ....................................................... 101,850
Thad Engelberg, Drawing ..................................................... 33,000
Fees Earned ......................................................................... 534,000
Wages Expense .................................................................... 306,000
Rent Expense ....................................................................... 62,250
Advertising Expense ............................................................ 23,850
Gas, Electricity, and Water Expense ..................................... 17,000
684,260 724,050
The debit and credit totals are not equal as a result of the following errors:
a. The cash entered on the trial balance was overstated by $8,000.
b. A cash receipt of $4,100 was posted as a debit to Cash of $1,400.
c. A debit of $12,350 to Accounts Receivable was not posted.
d. A return of $235 of defective supplies was erroneously posted as a $325 credit to
Supplies.
e. An insurance policy acquired at a cost of $3,000 was posted as a credit to Prepaid
Insurance.
f. The balance of Notes Payable was overstated by $21,000.
g. A credit of $3,450 in Accounts Payable was overlooked when the balance of the
account was determined.
h. A debit of $6,000 for a withdrawal by the owner was posted as a debit to Thad
Engelberg, Capital.
i. The balance of $28,350 in Advertising Expense was entered as $23,850 in the trial
balance.
j. Miscellaneous Expense, with a balance of $4,600, was omitted from the trial balance.
Instructions
1. Prepare a corrected unadjusted trial balance as of January 31, 2019.
2. Does the fact that the unadjusted trial balance in (1) is balanced mean that there are
no errors in the accounts? Explain.
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