WORKSHEET 4 – Transaction Analysis: Accrual Adjustments The accounting firm Seaver & Co. prepares its own financial statements at the end of each year. Based on the following information, prepare any adjustments that are needed for the accounting records as of December 31, 1999 in terms of the basic accounting equation. As of December 31, Seaver & Co. has rendered $20,500 worth of services to clients for which they have not yet billed the client and for which they have not made any accounting entry. Seaver & Co. owns equipment (computers and so on) having an original cost of $12,000. The equipment has an expected life of six years. On January 1, 1999, Seaver borrowed $15,000. Both principal and interest are due on December 31, 2000. The interest rate is 11%. On January 1, 1999, Seaver rented storage space for three years. The entire three-year charge of $15,000 was paid at this time. Seaver (correctly) created a prepaid rent account in the amount of $15,000. As of December 31, workers have earned $10,200 in wages that are unpaid and unrecorded.
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.
WORKSHEET 4 – Transaction Analysis: Accrual Adjustments
The accounting firm Seaver & Co. prepares its own financial statements at the
end of each year. Based on the following information, prepare any adjustments
that are needed for the accounting records as of December 31, 1999 in terms of
the basic
- As of December 31, Seaver & Co. has rendered $20,500 worth of services to
clients for which they have not yet billed the client and for which they have
not made any accounting entry.
- Seaver & Co. owns equipment (computers and so on) having an original cost
of $12,000. The equipment has an expected life of six years.
- On January 1, 1999, Seaver borrowed $15,000. Both principal and interest
are due on December 31, 2000. The interest rate is 11%.
- On January 1, 1999, Seaver rented storage space for three years. The entire
three-year charge of $15,000 was paid at this time. Seaver (correctly) created
a prepaid rent account in the amount of $15,000.
- As of December 31, workers have earned $10,200 in wages that are unpaid
and unrecorded.
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