Sweet Catering completed the following selected transactions during May 2016: May 1: Prepaid rent for three months, $1,500 May 5: Received and paid electricity bill, $230 May 9: Received cash for meals served to customers, $2,180 May 14: Paid cash for kitchen equipment, $3,390 May 23: Served a banquet on account, $2,750 May 31: Made the adjusting entry for rent (from May 1). May 31: Accrued salary expense, $2,470 May 31: Recorded depreciation for May on kitchen equipment, $510   If Sweet Catering had recorded transactions using the Cash method, how much net income (loss) would they have recorded for the month of May? If there is a loss, enter it with parentheses or a negative sign.       If Sweet Catering had recorded transactions using the Accrual method, how much net income (loss) would they have recorded for the month of May? If there is a loss, enter it with parentheses or a negative sign.

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Sweet Catering completed the following selected transactions during May 2016:
  • May 1: Prepaid rent for three months, $1,500
  • May 5: Received and paid electricity bill, $230
  • May 9: Received cash for meals served to customers, $2,180
  • May 14: Paid cash for kitchen equipment, $3,390
  • May 23: Served a banquet on account, $2,750
  • May 31: Made the adjusting entry for rent (from May 1).
  • May 31: Accrued salary expense, $2,470
  • May 31: Recorded depreciation for May on kitchen equipment, $510
 
If Sweet Catering had recorded transactions using the Cash method, how much net income (loss) would they have recorded for the month of May? If there is a loss, enter it with parentheses or a negative sign.
 
 
 
If Sweet Catering had recorded transactions using the Accrual method, how much net income (loss) would they have recorded for the month of May? If there is a loss, enter it with parentheses or a negative sign.
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