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ISBN: 9781260260724

Author: Wild

Publisher: MCG

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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 21QS

Preparing adjusting entries
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Garcia Company had the following selected transactions during the year. (A partial chart of accounts follows: Cash; Accounts Receivable; Prepaid Insurance; Wages Payable; Unearned Revenue; Revenue; Wages Expense; Insurance Expense; Depreciation Expense.)
Jan. 1 The company paid $6,000 cash for 12 months of insurance coverage beginning immediately for the calendar year.
Aug. 1 The company received $2,400 cash in advance for 6 months of contracted services beginning on August 1 and ending on January 31.
Dec. 31 The company prepared any necessary year-end adjusting entries related to insurance coverage and services rendered.
a. Record journal entries for these transactions assuming Garcia follows the usual practice of recording a prepayment of an expense in an asset account and recording a prepayment of revenue received in a liability account.
b. Record journal entries for these transactions assuming Garcia follows the alternative practice of recording a prepayment of an expense in an expense account and recording a prepayment of revenue received in a revenue account.

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