Preparing Accounting Adjustments Pownall Photomake Company, a commercial photography studio, completed its first year of operations on December 31. Account balances before year-end adjustments follow; no adjustments have been made to the accounts at any time during the year. Assume that all balances are normal. Cash $2,150 Accounts Payable $1,910 Accounts Receivable 3,800 Unearned Photography Fees 2,600 Prepaid Rent Prepaid Insurance Supplies 12,600 2,970 4,250 Common Stock 24,000 Photography Fees Earned 34,480 Wages Expense 11,000 Equipment 22,800 Utilities Expense 3,420 An analysis of the firm's records discloses the following (business began on January 1). 1. Photography services of $925 have been rendered, but customers have not yet paid or been billed. The company uses the account Fees Receivable to reflect amounts due but not yet billed. 2. Equipment, purchased January 1, has an estimated life of 10 years. 3. Utilities expense for December is estimated to be $400, but the bill will not arrive or be paid until January of next year. (All prior months' utilities bills have been received and paid.) 4. The balance in Prepaid Rent represents the amount paid on January 1, for a 2-year lease on the studio it operates from. Prepare its adjusting entries using the financial statement effects template. Use negative signs with answers, when appropriate. Balance Sheet 5. In November, customers paid $2,600 cash in advance for photos to be taken for the holiday season. When received, these fees were credited to Unearned Photography Fees. By December 31, all of these fees are earned. 6. A 3-year insurance premium paid on January 1, was debited to Prepaid Insurance. 7. Supplies still available at December 31 are $1,520. 8. At December 31, wages expense of $375 has been incurred but not yet paid or recorded. Transaction (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) M (8) Check Cash Asset Noncash Contributed Earned Assets - Liabilities Capital + Capital Revenue Income Statement Expenses Net Income
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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