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ISBN: 9780078025549

Author: J. David Spiceland, Wayne M Thomas, Don Herrmann

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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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 resu…

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 a…

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…

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 repor…

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Chapter 3, Problem 16RQ

Jackson Rental receives its September utility bill of $320 on September 30 but does not pay the bill until October 10. Jackson’s accountant records the utility expense of $320 on October 10 at the time of payment. Will this cause any of Jackson’s accounts to be misstated at the end of September? If so, indicate which ones and the direction of the misstatement.

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Solution Summary: The author explains that utility expense is the cost that has to be paid in the reporting year for the consumption of utilities such as electricity, water.

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