Scenario: Your group has been approached for assistance by Paul Zoukis the owner of Zoukis Forklift Services Ltd because the company has no accounting personnel to prepare its accounting records and financial statements. The company's financial year end is December 31 each year and you have been provided the following information and transactions for 2023: Jan 1. Jan 2. Feb 1. Mar 30. April 4. May 5. June 6. June 10. Aug 12. Sept 12. Sept 30. Oct 17. Oct 30. Oct 30. Nov 24. Nov 25. Nov 27. Dec 29. Dec 30. Dec 30. Dec 30. 11 12 14 Requirement: 1. Prepare the opening journal entries and journalize each transaction in the general journal referring to the following chart of accounts in selecting the accounts to be debited and credited and include a narration for each transaction: Account # 15 16 Balances from 2022 - Cash $500,000; Accounts Receivable $150,000; Supplies $105,000; Machinery and Equipment $700,000; Other Creditors $300,000; and Capital $1,155,000. The following assets were received from Paul Zoukis in exchange for capital in the company: cash - $300,000, accounts receivable - $150,000, supplies - $105,000, and Machinery and Equipment- $350,000. Paid fourteen (14) months' rent on a lease rental contract at $35,000 per month. Paid the premiums on the property and peril insurance policies for fifteen (15) months amounting to $150,000. Received cash from clients as an advance payment for services to be provided in the coming months, $440,000. Purchased forklift on account from Fatman Machinery and Equipment for $400,000. Received cash from clients on account, $200,000. Paid cash for security services amounting to $54,000. Paid Fatman Machinery and Equipment $150,000 of the debt incurred on May 5. Recorded services provided on account for the period July 1- Sept 12, $560,000. Paid part-time workers salary, $226,000. Recorded cash from cash clients for fees earned during the first half of year, $501,250. 18 Paid cash for supplies, $95,000. Recorded services provided on account for the period June to July, $208,000. Recorded cash from cash clients for fees earned for the period September 13- Nov 24, $485,000. Received cash from clients on account, $350,000. Paid part-time workers for salary $226,000. Paid telephone bill for the year 2023 $290,000. Paid electricity bill for the year 2023 $285,000. Recorded cash from cash clients for fees earned for the period September 14- Dec 30, $350,000. Recorded services provided on account for October to December 2023, $280,000. Account Name Cash Accounts Receivables Supplies Prepaid Rent Prepaid Insurance Machinery and Equipment
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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