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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 4, Problem 16E

Exercise 4.16A
Preparing reversing entries
P4
Hawk Company records prepaid assets and unearned revenues in balance sheet accounts. The following information was used to prepare
adjusting entries for the company as of August 31, the end of the company’s fIscal year.
a. The company has earned $6,000 in service fees that were not yet recorded at period-end.
b. The expired portion of prepaid insurance is $3,700.
C. The company has earned $2,900 of its Unearned Service Fees account balance.
d. Depreciation expense for office equipment is $3,300.
e. Employees have earned but have not been paid salaries of $3,400.
Prepare any necessary reversing entries for the accounting adjustments a through e assuming that the company uses reversing entries in its accounting system.

Definition Definition Financial statement that provides a snapshot of an organization's financial position at a specific point in time. It summarizes a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholder's equity, detailing what the company owns, what it owes, and what is left over for its owners. The balance sheet serves as a crucial tool to assess the financial health and stability of a company, as well as to help management make informed decisions about its future investments and financial obligations.

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