Nick Mwendwa operates a private landscaping business called Mabustani Enterprise. Some clients are required to pay in advance for the services, while others are billed after the services have been rendered. Advance payments are credited to an account entitled Unearned Fees, which represents unearned revenue. The business adjusts its accounts and closes its accounts at the end of each quarter.  At March 31, 2018, the end of the first quarter of the year, the unadjusted trial balance appeared as follows:    Sh Sh Cash 17,150   Fees receivable 37,800   Unexpired insurance 1,600   Prepaid rent 5,400   Garden supplies 1,620   Lawn equipment 17,100   Accumulated depreciation: office equipment   5,700 Accounts payable   3,900 Unearned fees   24,000 Nick Mwenda, capital   45,300 Nick Mwenda, drawings 3,200   Fees earned   33,320 Depreciation expense 0   Rent expense 3,000   Office supplies expense 450   Insurance expense 800   Telephone expense 1,200   Travel expense 3,400   Salaries expense 19,500     112,220 112,220 Additional information:         i.            The depreciation expense with respect to lawn equipment for the first quarter was estimated at Sh.855.       ii.            The unearned fees account includes fees of Sh.8, 400 earned during the month by performing services for clients who had paid in advance.     iii.            Salaries earned by employees during the month but not yet recorded or paid amounted to Sh.1, 665.     iv.            The prepaid rent amount represents three months’ rent paid in advance on March 1.       v.            Landscaping services during the month but not yet collected or billed to clients amounted to Sh.3, 900     vi.            Garden supplies on hand on March 31 amounted to Sh.700  Required: a)      Prepare the adjusting entries required at March 31, 2018.                               b)      Prepare the Statement of income for Mabustani Enterprise for the quarter ended  March 31, 2018                                                                                                                 c)      Prepare the Statement of financial position for Mabustani Enterprises as at March 31, 2018

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Nick Mwendwa operates a private landscaping business called Mabustani Enterprise. Some clients are required to pay in advance for the services, while others are billed after the services have been rendered. Advance payments are credited to an account entitled Unearned Fees, which represents unearned revenue. The business adjusts its accounts and closes its accounts at the end of each quarter.  At March 31, 2018, the end of the first quarter of the year, the unadjusted trial balance appeared as follows:

  

Sh

Sh

Cash

17,150

 

Fees receivable

37,800

 

Unexpired insurance

1,600

 

Prepaid rent

5,400

 

Garden supplies

1,620

 

Lawn equipment

17,100

 

Accumulated depreciation: office equipment

 

5,700

Accounts payable

 

3,900

Unearned fees

 

24,000

Nick Mwenda, capital

 

45,300

Nick Mwenda, drawings

3,200

 

Fees earned

 

33,320

Depreciation expense

0

 

Rent expense

3,000

 

Office supplies expense

450

 

Insurance expense

800

 

Telephone expense

1,200

 

Travel expense

3,400

 

Salaries expense

19,500

 

 

112,220

112,220

Additional information:

        i.            The depreciation expense with respect to lawn equipment for the first quarter was estimated at Sh.855.

      ii.            The unearned fees account includes fees of Sh.8, 400 earned during the month by performing services for clients who had paid in advance.

    iii.            Salaries earned by employees during the month but not yet recorded or paid amounted to Sh.1, 665.

    iv.            The prepaid rent amount represents three months’ rent paid in advance on March 1.

      v.            Landscaping services during the month but not yet collected or billed to clients amounted to Sh.3, 900

    vi.            Garden supplies on hand on March 31 amounted to Sh.700

 Required:

a)      Prepare the adjusting entries required at March 31, 2018.                              

b)      Prepare the Statement of income for Mabustani Enterprise for the quarter ended  March 31, 2018                                                                                                                

c)      Prepare the Statement of financial position for Mabustani Enterprises as at March 31, 2018                                                                                                              

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