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ISBN: 9781266494604

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 3QS

Identifying accounting adjustments
Classify the following adjusting entries as involving prepaid expenses (PE), unearned revenues (UR), accrued expenses (AE), or accrued
revenues (AR).
______ a. To record revenue earned that was previously received as cash in advance.
______ b. To record wages expense incurred but not yet paid (nor recorded).
_______ c. To record revenue earned but not yet billed (nor recorded).
_____ d. To record expiration of prepaid insurance.
_______ e. To record annual depreciation expense.

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If an adjustment includes an entry to a payable or receivable account, which type of adjustment is it? a. Estimate b. Accruals c. Deferrals d. Provision

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For journal entries 1 through 12, indicate the explanation that most closely describes it. You can use explanations more than once. To record receipt of unearned revenue. To record this period's earning of prior unearned revenue. To record payment of an accrued expense. To record receipt of an accrued revenue. To record an accrued expense. To record an accrued revenue. To record this period's use of a prepaid expense. To record payment of a prepaid expense. To record this period's depreciation expense.

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