Chapter 4, Problem 4.3AP

(a)

To determine

Income Statement: Income statement is a part of financial statements. It depicts the profit or loss, a company has, in a financial year. The balances of revenues and expense accounts from trial balance are recorded in this statement.

Owners’ Equity Statement: Statement of retained earnings is a part of financial statements. It records the part of the profit or loss that was transferred to shareholders’ capital and it also represents the change in equity. It is a major source of information for the shareholders and the potential investors.

Classified Balance Sheet: A balance sheet is a statement showing position of all assets, liabilities and equity of the company at a specific time. When assets, liabilities and shareholders’ equity are further sub-categorized to make it more readable and understandable then it is called classified balance sheet

To Prepare: The income statement, owners’ equity statement and classified balance sheet for Company B.

(b)

To determine

Closing Entries: Journal entries, which transfer the balances from temporary accounts to income summary or retained earnings account, are called closing entries. The revenues accounts are debited and the expenses are credited in these entries because their balances are transferred.

To record: The closing entries for Company B as on December 31, 2017.

(c)

To determine

To prepare: The ledger accounts at the end of December, 2017.

(d)

To determine

To prepare: Post-closing trial balance for Company B.