American Laser, incorporated, reported the following account balances on January 1. Debit Credit Accounts Receivable. $5,000 Accumulated Depreciation Additional Paid-in Capital $ 30,000 90,000 2,000 Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Bonds Payable 0 Buildings 247,000 10,000 Cash Common Stock, 10,000 shares of $1 par Notes Payable (long-term) 10,000 10,000 120,000 Retained Earnings Treasury Stock 0 TOTALS $ 262,000 $ 262,000 The company entered into the following transactions during the year. January 15 Issued 5,000 shares of $1 par common stock for $50,000 cash. January 31 Collected $3,000 from customers on account. February 15 Reacquired 3,000 shares of $1 par common stock into treasury for $33,000 cash. March 15 Reissued 2,000 shares of treasury stock for $24,000 cash. August 15 Reissued 600 shares of treasury stock for $4,600 cash. September 15 Declared (but did not yet pay) a $1 cash dividend on each outstanding share of common stock. October 1 Issued 100, 10-year, $1,000 bonds, at a quoted bond price of 101. October 3 Wrote off a $1,500 balance due from a customer who went bankrupt. December 29 Recorded $230,000 of service revenue, all of which was collected in cash. December 30 Paid $200,000 cash for this year's wages through December 31. Ignore payroll taxes and payroll deductions. December 31 Calculated $10,000 of depreciation for the year to be recorded. (Ignore accrual adjustments for interest and income. taxes.)
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 result in prepaid assets and liabilities.
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 amount paid/debited or received/ credited from your bank account over some time.
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 recorded or not. Trial balance helps in this. Trial balance helps to check the accuracy of posting the ledger accounts. It helps the accountant to assist in preparing final accounts. It also helps the accountant to check whether all the debits and credits of items are recorded and posted accurately. Like in a balance sheet debit and credit side should be equal, similarly in trial balance debit balance and credit balance should tally.
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 reporting that corrects the errors made previously in the accounting period. The basic characteristics of every adjustment entry is that it affects at least one real account and one nominal account.
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