MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Horngren's Accounting

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ISBN: 9780133877571

Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 3, Problem P3A.44BPGB

Understanding the alternative treatment of prepaid expenses and unearned revenues

Speedy I’ack’n Mail completed the following transactions during 2016:

Nov. 1 Paid $5,200 store rent covering the lour-month period ending February 28, 2017.

I Paid $9,600 insurance covering the six-rnonlh period ending April 30, 2017.

Dec I Collected $5,400 cash in advance from customers. The service

revenue will be earned S 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 April 30, 2017.

Requirements

Journalize die transactions assuming that Speedy Pack’n Mail debits an asser account for prepaid expenses and credits a liability account for unearned revenues.
Journalize the related adjusting entries at December 31,2016.
Posr the journal and adjusting entries to the T-accounrs, and show their balances at December 31, 2016. (Ignore the Cash account.)
Repeat Requirements 1-3. This rime debit an expense account fur prepaid expenses and credit a revenue account for unearned revenues.
Compare rhe account balances in Requirements 3 and 4, They should be equal.

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MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Horngren's Accounting

Ch. 3 - Prob. 1QC Ch. 3 - Get Fit Now gains a client who prepays S540 for a...Ch. 3 - The revenue recognition principle requires...Ch. 3 - Adjusting the accounts is the process of Learning...Ch. 3 - Which of the following is an example of a deferral...Ch. 3 - Assume that the weekly payroll of In the Woods...Ch. 3 - Prob. 7QC Ch. 3 - A equity overstated income statement: expense...Ch. 3 - A worksheet Learning Objective 6 is a journal used...Ch. 3 - On February 1, Clovis Wilson Law Firm contracted...

Ch. 3 - What is the difference between cash basis...Ch. 3 - Which method of accounting (cash or accrual basis)...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3RQ Ch. 3 - What is a fiscal year? Why might companies choose...Ch. 3 - Under the revenue recognition principle, when is...Ch. 3 - Under the matching principle, when are expenses...Ch. 3 - When are adjusting entries completed and what is...Ch. 3 - What are the two basic categories of adjusting...Ch. 3 - What is a deferred expense? Provide an example.Ch. 3 - What is the process of allocating the cost of a...Ch. 3 - What is a contra account?Ch. 3 - Prob. 12RQ Ch. 3 - What does accumulated depreciation represent?Ch. 3 - Prob. 14RQ Ch. 3 - What is a deferred revenue? Provide an example.Ch. 3 - What is an accrued expense? Provide an example.Ch. 3 - What is an accrued revenue? Provide an example.Ch. 3 - What are the two rules to remember about adjusting...Ch. 3 - When is an adjusted trial balance prepared, and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 20RQ Ch. 3 - What is a worksheet, and how is it used to help...Ch. 3 - If a payment of a deferred expense was recorded...Ch. 3 - If a payment of a deferred expense was recorded...Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.1SE Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.2SE Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.3SE Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.4SE Ch. 3 - S3-5 Identifying types of adjusting entries...Ch. 3 - S3-6 Journalizing and posting adjusting entries...Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.7SE Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.8SE Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.9SE Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.10SE Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.11SE Ch. 3 - Journalizing an adjusting entry for accrued...Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.13SE Ch. 3 - Determining the effects on financial statements...Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.15SE Ch. 3 - Prob. S3A.16SE Ch. 3 - Prob. S3A.17SE Ch. 3 - E3-18 Comparing cash and accrual basis accounting...Ch. 3 - Comparing cash and accrual basis accounting and...Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.20E Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.21E Ch. 3 - E3-22) Journalizing adjusting entries Consider...Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.23E Ch. 3 - Journalizing adjusting entries and posting to...Ch. 3 - Journalizing adjusting entries and posting to...Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.26E Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.27E Ch. 3 - Journalizing adjusting entries and analyzing their...Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.29E Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.30E Ch. 3 - Prob. E3A.31E Ch. 3 - Prob. E3A.32E Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.33APGA Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.34APGA Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.35APGA Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.36APGA Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.37APGA Ch. 3 - Prob. P3A.38APGA Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.39BPGB Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.40BPGB Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.41BPGB Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.42BPGB Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.43BPGB Ch. 3 - Understanding the alternative treatment of prepaid...Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.45CP Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.46PS Ch. 3 - One year ago, Tyler Stasney founded Swift...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.1EI Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.1FC Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.1FSC

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