The following unadjusted trial balance is prepared at fiscal year-end for Nelson Company. Nelson company uses a perpetual inventory system. It categorizes the following accounts as selling expenses: Depreciation Expense—Store Equipment, Sales Salaries Expense, Rent Expense—Selling Space, Store Supplies Expense, and Advertising Expense. It categorizes the remaining expenses as general and administrative. NELSON COMPANY Unadjusted Trial Balance January 31 Debit Credit Cash $ 26,650 Merchandise inventory 12,500 Store supplies 5,100 Prepaid insurance 2,500 Store equipment 42,700 Accumulated depreciation—Store equipment $ 19,250 Accounts payable 16,000 Common stock 5,000 Retained earnings 32,000 Dividends 2,150 Sales 116,250 Sales discounts 2,000 Sales returns and allowances 2,100 Cost of goods sold 38,000 Depreciation expense—Store equipment 0 Sales salaries expense 15,700 Office salaries expense 15,700 Insurance expense 0 Rent expense—Selling space 7,000 Rent expense—Office space 7,000 Store supplies expense 0 Advertising expense 9,400 Totals $ 188,500 $ 188,500 Additional Information: Store supplies still available at fiscal year-end amount to $2,800. Expired insurance, an administrative expense, is $1,500 for the fiscal year. Depreciation expense on store equipment, a selling expense, is $1,650 for the fiscal year. To estimate shrinkage, a physical count of ending merchandise inventory is taken. It shows $10,900 of inventory is still available at fiscal year-end. 4. Compute the current ratio, acid-test ratio, and gross margin ratio as of January 31. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
The Effect Of Prepaid Taxes On Assets And Liabilities
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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.
The following unadjusted
| NELSON COMPANY Unadjusted Trial Balance January 31 |
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| Debit | Credit | ||||
| Cash | $ | 26,650 | |||
| Merchandise inventory | 12,500 | ||||
| Store supplies | 5,100 | ||||
| Prepaid insurance | 2,500 | ||||
| Store equipment | 42,700 | ||||
| $ | 19,250 | ||||
| Accounts payable | 16,000 | ||||
| Common stock | 5,000 | ||||
| 32,000 | |||||
| Dividends | 2,150 | ||||
| Sales | 116,250 | ||||
| Sales discounts | 2,000 | ||||
| Sales returns and allowances | 2,100 | ||||
| Cost of goods sold | 38,000 | ||||
| Depreciation expense—Store equipment | 0 | ||||
| Sales salaries expense | 15,700 | ||||
| Office salaries expense | 15,700 | ||||
| Insurance expense | 0 | ||||
| Rent expense—Selling space | 7,000 | ||||
| Rent expense—Office space | 7,000 | ||||
| Store supplies expense | 0 | ||||
| Advertising expense | 9,400 | ||||
| Totals | $ | 188,500 | $ | 188,500 | |
Additional Information:
- Store supplies still available at fiscal year-end amount to $2,800.
- Expired insurance, an administrative expense, is $1,500 for the fiscal year.
- Depreciation expense on store equipment, a selling expense, is $1,650 for the fiscal year.
- To estimate shrinkage, a physical count of ending merchandise inventory is taken. It shows $10,900 of inventory is still available at fiscal year-end.
4. Compute the
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