Mystic Masters, Inc., provides fortune-telling services over the Internet. In recent years the company has experienced severe financial difficulty. Its accountant prepares adjusting entries on a monthly basis, and closing entries on an annual basis, at December 31. An adjusted trial balance dated December 31, current year, follows. Cash Accounts receivable Unexpired insurance Prepaid rent Supplies Furniture and fixtures Accumulated depreciation: furniture and fixtures Accounts payable Notes payable Salaries payable Interest payable Unearned client revenue Capital stock Retained earnings Client revenue earned Insurance expense Office rent expense Supplies expense Salary expense MYSTIC MASTERS, INC. Adjusted Trial Balance December 31, Current Year Depreciation expense: furniture and fixtures Office and telephone expense Internet service expense Legal expense Interest expense Miscellaneous expense A $ S Debits 960 300 2,000 1.500 200 8,400 6,000 9,000 440 48,000 1,400 3,000 4,900 1.500 4.000 5,000 96.600 (Hint: The company incurred no income taxes expense in the current year.) Required: a-1. Prepare an income statement for the year ended December 31, current year. a-2. Prepare a statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31, current year. a-3 Prepare the companies balonco choo Credits 5,200 6,540 24,000 1.700 360 200 4,000 2,600 52,000 96,600
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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