ollowing is the unadjusted trial balance for Sun Energy Co. on December 31, 2017. Sun Energy Co. Unadjusted Trial Balance Year Ended December 31, 2017 Account Debit Credit Cash $5,000 Accounts Receivable 2,100 Merchandise Inventory 4,500 Buildings 2,400 Equipment 4,200 Accounts Payable $4,700 Salaries Payable 3,500 Common Stock 2,500 Dividends Sales Revenue 14,800 COGS 3,800 Salaries Expense 3,500 Totals $25,500 $25,500 You are also given the following supplemental information: A pending lawsuit, claiming $2,500 in damages, is considered likely to favor the plaintiff and can be reasonably estimated. Sun Energy Co. believes a customer may win a lawsuit for $3,500 in damages, but the outcome is only reasonably possible to occur. Sun Energy calculated warranty expense estimates of $210. A. Using the unadjusted trial balance and supplemental information for Sun Energy Co., construct an income statement for the year ended December 31, 2017. Pay particular attention to expenses resulting from contingencies. Sun Energy Co. Income Statement Year Ended December 31, 2017
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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.
Following is the unadjusted
| Sun Energy Co. Unadjusted Trial Balance Year Ended December 31, 2017 |
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| Account | Debit | Credit |
| Cash | $5,000 | |
| 2,100 | ||
| Merchandise Inventory | 4,500 | |
| Buildings | 2,400 | |
| Equipment | 4,200 | |
| Accounts Payable | $4,700 | |
| Salaries Payable | 3,500 | |
| Common Stock | 2,500 | |
| Dividends | ||
| Sales Revenue | 14,800 | |
| COGS | 3,800 | |
| Salaries Expense | 3,500 | |
| Totals | $25,500 | $25,500 |
You are also given the following supplemental information:
- A pending lawsuit, claiming $2,500 in damages, is considered likely to favor the plaintiff and can be reasonably estimated. Sun Energy Co. believes a customer may win a lawsuit for $3,500 in damages, but the outcome is only reasonably possible to occur. Sun Energy calculated warranty expense estimates of $210.
A. Using the unadjusted trial balance and supplemental information for Sun Energy Co., construct an income statement for the year ended December 31, 2017. Pay particular attention to expenses resulting from contingencies.
| Sun Energy Co. | ||
| Income Statement | ||
| Year Ended December 31, 2017 | ||
| Revenues: | ||
| $ | ||
| Total Revenues | $ | |
| $ | ||
| Expenses: | ||
| $ | ||
| Total Expenses | ||
| $. |
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