Transactions Aug. 1 Billed customers for fees earned, $72,120.   4 Purchased supplies on account, $1,960.   8 Received cash from customers on account, $62,770.   11 Paid creditors on account, $880.     Required: A. Journalize these transactions in a two-column journal. Refer to the chart of accounts for the exact wording of the account titles. CNOW journals do not use lines for journal explanations. Every line on a journal page is used for debit or credit entries. CNOW journals will automatically indent a credit entry when a credit amount is entered. B. Post the entries prepared in (A) to the following T accounts: Cash, Supplies, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Fees Earned. To the left of each amount posted in the accounts, select the appropriate date. C. Assume that the unadjusted trial balance on August 31 shows a credit balance for Accounts Receivable. Does this credit balance mean that an error has occurred?

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Aug. 1 Billed customers for fees earned, $72,120.
  4 Purchased supplies on account, $1,960.
  8 Received cash from customers on account, $62,770.
  11 Paid creditors on account, $880.
 
  Required:
A. Journalize these transactions in a two-column journal. Refer to the chart of accounts for the exact wording of the account titles. CNOW journals do not use lines for journal explanations. Every line on a journal page is used for debit or credit entries. CNOW journals will automatically indent a credit entry when a credit amount is entered.
B. Post the entries prepared in (A) to the following T accounts: Cash, Supplies, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Fees Earned. To the left of each amount posted in the accounts, select the appropriate date.
C. Assume that the unadjusted trial balance on August 31 shows a credit balance for Accounts Receivable. Does this credit balance mean that an error has occurred?
 
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Journal Entry :— It is an act of recording transaction in books of account when it is occurred.

 

T-Accounts :— It is ledger accounts that is temporarily made to post the journal entry.

 

Every transaction has dual effect.

General Rule :—

  1. Debit expenses when it is incurred.
  2. Credit Revenue when it is earned.
  3. Debit cash when it comes in.
  4. Credi cash when it goes out.
  5. Debit account receivable when cash is not received for revenue.
  6. Credit account receivable when cash is received from customer.
  7. Credit Accounts Payable when anything purchased on credit.
  8. Debit Accounts Payable when account payable is paid.

 

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