24th Edition

ISBN: 9781260260724

Author: Wild

Publisher: MCG

Concept explainers

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…

Videos

Textbook Question

Chapter 3, Problem 22QS

Preparing adjusting entries
P4
Cal Consulting follows the practice that prepayments are debited to expense when paid, and unearned revenues are credited to revenue when
cash is received. Given this company’s accounting practices, which one of the following applies to the preparation of adjusting entries at the end of its first accounting period?
a. Unearned fees (on which cash was received in advance earlier in the period) are recorded with a debit to Consulting Fees Earned of $500 and a credit to Unearned Consulting Fees of $500.
b. Unpaid salaries of $400 are recorded with a debit to Prepaid Salaries of $400 and a credit to Salaries Expense of $400.
C. Office supplies purchased for the period were $1,000. The cost of unused office supplies of $650 is recorded with a debit to Supplies Expense of $650 and a credit to Office Supplies of $650.
d. Earned but unbilled (and unrecorded) consulting fees for the period were $1,200, which are recorded with a debit to Unearned Consulting Fees of $1,200 and a credit to Consulting Fees Earned of $1,200.

Expert Solution & Answer

Want to see the full answer?

Check out a sample textbook solution

See solution

Chapter 3, Problem 21QS

Chapter 3, Problem 1E

Students have asked these similar questions

Chapter 15 Homework 13 Saved Help Save & Exit Submit Part 1 of 2 0.83 points eBook Ask Required information Use the following information to answer questions. (Algo) [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Information on Kwon Manufacturing's activities for its first month of operations follows: a. Purchased $100,800 of raw materials on credit. b. Materials requisitions show the following materials used for the month. Job 201 Job 202 Total direct materials Indirect materials Total materials used $ 49,000 24,400 73,400 9,420 $ 82,820 c. Time tickets show the following labor used for the month. Print References Job 201 $ 40,000 Job 202 13,400 Total direct labor 53,400 25,000 $ 78,400 Indirect labor Total labor used d. Applied overhead to Job 201 and to Job 202 using a predetermined overhead rate of 80% of direct materials cost. e. Transferred Job 201 to Finished Goods Inventory. f. Sold Job 201 for $166,160 on credit. g. Incurred the following actual other…

quesrion 2

Anti-Pandemic Pharma Co. Ltd. reports the following information in its income statement: Sales = $5,250,000; Costs = $2, 173,000; Other expenses = $187,400; Depreciation expense = $79,000; Interest expense= $53,555; Taxes $76,000; Dividends $69,000. $136,700 worth of new shares were also issued during the year and long-term debt worth $65,300 was redeemed. a) Compute the cash flow from assets b) Compute the net change in working capital (325 marks)

Chapter 3 Solutions

FUND.ACCT.PRIN.(LOOSELEAF)-W/ACCESS

Ch. 3 - Prob. 1DQ Ch. 3 - Why is the accrual basis of accounting generally...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3DQ Ch. 3 - What is a prepaid expense and where is it reported...Ch. 3 - What type of assets requires adjusting entries to...Ch. 3 - 6. What contra account is used when recording and...Ch. 3 - What is an accrued revenue? Give an example..Ch. 3 - 8. If a company initially records prepaid expenses...Ch. 3 - Review the balance sheet of Apple in Appendix À....Ch. 3 - Prob. 10DQ

Knowledge Booster

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.