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, $180 • May 9: Received cash for meals served to customers, $3,940 ● May 14: Paid cash for kitchen equipment, $3,860 • May 23: Served a banquet on account, $1,900 • May 31: Made the adjusting entry for rent (from May 1). ● May 31: Accrued salary expense, $2,200 • May 31: Recorded depreciation for May on kitchen equipment, $240 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.

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Sweet Catering completed the following selected transactions during May 2016:
• May 1: Prepaid rent for three months, $1,500
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May 5: Received and paid electricity bill, $180
May 9: Received cash for meals served to customers, $3,940
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May 14: Paid cash for kitchen equipment, $3,860
• May 23: Served a banquet on account, $1,900
• May 31: Made the adjusting entry for rent (from May 1).
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May 31: Accrued salary expense, $2,200
• May 31: Recorded depreciation for May on kitchen equipment, $240
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.
Transcribed Image Text: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, $180 May 9: Received cash for meals served to customers, $3,940 ● ● May 14: Paid cash for kitchen equipment, $3,860 • May 23: Served a banquet on account, $1,900 • May 31: Made the adjusting entry for rent (from May 1). ● May 31: Accrued salary expense, $2,200 • May 31: Recorded depreciation for May on kitchen equipment, $240 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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