The problem to be resolved: The following trial balance was extracted from the books of Columbus Ltd at December 31, the end of the company’s financial year. The company is owned by John Columbus and is in the business of buying and farming supplies. Trial Balance as at December 31, 2018 The following additional information is available at December 31, 2018: Insurance of $450,000 was paid on May 1, 2018 for the 10-months to February 2019. The furniture and fixtures have an estimated useful life of 10 years and is being depreciated on the straight-line method down to a residual value of $100,000. The computer equipment was acquired on March 1, 2018 and is being depreciated over 10 years on the double-declining method of depreciation, down to a residue of $60,000. Wages earned by employees NOT yet paid amounted to 15,000 at December 31, 2018. A physical count of inventory at December 31, reveals $180,000 worth of inventory on hand. At December 31, $140,000 of the previously unearned sales revenue had been earned. The aging of the Accounts Receivable schedule at December 31 indicated that the estimated uncollectible on account receivable should be $45,000. REQUIRED: Prepare the necessary adjusting journal entries on December 31. [Narrations are not required] Prepare the post-closing trial balance
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.
The problem to be resolved:
The following
Trial Balance as at December 31, 2018
The following additional information is available at December 31, 2018:
- Insurance of $450,000 was paid on May 1, 2018 for the 10-months to February 2019.
- The furniture and fixtures have an estimated useful life of 10 years and is being
depreciated on the straight-line method down to a residual value of $100,000. - The computer equipment was acquired on March 1, 2018 and is being depreciated over 10 years on the double-declining method of depreciation, down to a residue of $60,000.
- Wages earned by employees NOT yet paid amounted to 15,000 at December 31, 2018.
- A physical count of inventory at December 31, reveals $180,000 worth of inventory on hand.
- At December 31, $140,000 of the previously unearned sales revenue had been earned.
- The aging of the
Accounts Receivable schedule at December 31 indicated that the estimated uncollectible on account receivable should be $45,000.
REQUIRED:
- Prepare the necessary
adjusting journal entries on December 31. [Narrations are not required] - Prepare the post-closing trial balance
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