Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133866292
Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.44BP
Understanding the alternative treatment of prepaid expenses and unearned revenues
Speedy Pack’n Mail completed the following transactions during 2016:
| Nov. 1 | Paid $5,200 store rent covering the four-month period ending February 28, 2017. |
| 1 | Paid $9,600 insurance covering the six-month period ending April 30, 2017. |
| Dec. 1 | Collected $5,400 cash in advance from customers. The service revenue will be earned $1,800 monthly over the three-month period ending February 28, 2017. |
| 1 | Collected $10,000 cash in advance from customers. The service revenue will be earned $2,000 monthly over the five-month period ending April30, 20 17. |
Requirements
1. Journalize the transactions assuming that Speedy Pack’ n Mail debits an asset account for prepaid expenses and credits a liability account for unearned revenues.
2. Journalize the related
3. Post the journal and adjusting entries to the T-accounts, and show their balances at December 31, 2016. (Ignore the Cash account.)
4. Repeat Requirements 1-3. This time debit an expense account for prepaid expenses and credit a revenue account for unearned revenues.
5. Compare the account balances in Requirements 3 and 4. They should be equal.
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Date
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October 3
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$50.00
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October 16
Credit
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