On January 1, 2019, Geffrey Corporation had the following stockholders' equity accounts. Common Stock ($20 par value, 60,000 shares issued and outstanding) $1,200,000 Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par-Common Stock 200,000 Retained Earnings 600,000 During the year, the following transactions occurred. Feb. Declared a $1 cash dividend per share to stockholders of record on February 15, payable March 1. Mar. Paid the dividend declared in February. Apr. Announced a 2-for-1 stock split. Prior to the split, the market price per share was $36. July Declared a 10% stock dividend to stockholders of record on July 15, distributable July 31. On July 1, the market price of the stock was $13 per share. 31 Issued the shares for the stock dividend. Dec. Declared a $0.50 per share dividend to stockholders of record on December 15, payable January 5, 2020. 31 Determined that net income for the year was $350,000. Enter the beginning balances, and post the entries to the stockholders' equity accounts. (Use T-accounts.) (Post entries in the order of journal entr presented in the previous part. Select the date for closing balances even in case of zero balance.) Common Stock Jan. 1 Bal. Retained Earning Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value-Common Common Stock Dividends Distributable Cash Dividends
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.
Enter the beginning balances, and post the entries to the
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps with 3 images
