P1-5A Phillips Company is a manufacturer of computers. Its controller resigned in October 2014. An inexperienced assistant accountant has prepared the following income statement for the month of October 2014. Phillips Company Income Statement For the Month Ended October 31, 2014 Sales revenue Less: Operating expenses Raw materials purchases Direct labor cost Advertising expense Selling and administrative salaries Rent on factory facilities Depreciation on sales equipment Depreciation on factory equipment Indirect labor cost Utilities expense Insurance expense $264,000 190,000 Raw materials Work in process Finished goods 90,000 75,000 60,000 45,000 31,000 28,000 12,000 8,000 $780,000 803,000 $ (23,000) Net loss Prior to October 2014, the company had been profitable every month. The company's president is concerned about the accuracy of the income statement. As her friend, you have been asked to review the income statement and make necessary corrections. After examin- ing other manufacturing cost data, you have acquired additional information as follows. 1. Inventory balances at the beginning and end of October were: October 1 October 31 $29,000 $18,000 16,000 14,000 30,000 45,000 2. Only 75% of the utilities expense and 60% of the insurance expense apply to factory opera- tions. The remaining amounts should be charged to selling and administrative activities. Instructions Prepare a correct income statement for October 2014.
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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