REQUIREMENTS: CLOSING ENTRIES AND POST-CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE Miller Delivery Service completed the following transactions during December 2016: Dec. 1 Miller Delivery Service began operations by receiving $10,000 cash and a truck with a fair value of $20,000 from Robert Miller. The business issued Miller shares of common stock in exchange for this contribution. 1 Paid $1,000 cash for a four-month insurance policy. The policy begins December 1. 4 Paid $500 cash for office supplies. 12 Performed delivery services for a customer and received $2,000 cash. 15 Completed a large delivery job, billed the customer, $2,500, and received a promise to collect the $2,500 within one week. 18 Paid employee salary, $1,000. 20 Received $15,000 cash for performing delivery services. 22 Collected $800 in advance for delivery service to be performed later. 25 Collected $2,500 cash from customer on account. 27 Purchased fuel for the truck, paying $300 on account. (Credit Accounts Payable) 28 Performed delivery services on account, $700. 29 Paid office rent, $1,600, for the month of December. 30 Paid $300 on account. 31 Cash dividends of $3,000 were paid to stockholders.
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.
REQUIREMENTS: CLOSING ENTRIES AND POST-CLOSING
Miller Delivery Service completed the following transactions during December 2016:
Dec. 1 Miller Delivery Service began operations by receiving $10,000 cash and a truck with a fair value of $20,000 from Robert Miller. The business issued Miller shares of common stock in exchange for this contribution.
1 Paid $1,000 cash for a four-month insurance policy. The policy begins December 1.
4 Paid $500 cash for office supplies.
12 Performed delivery services for a customer and received $2,000 cash.
15 Completed a large delivery job, billed the customer, $2,500, and received a promise to collect the $2,500 within one week.
18 Paid employee salary, $1,000. 20 Received $15,000 cash for performing delivery services.
22 Collected $800 in advance for delivery service to be performed later.
25 Collected $2,500 cash from customer on account.
27 Purchased fuel for the truck, paying $300 on account. (Credit Accounts Payable)
28 Performed delivery services on account, $700.
29 Paid office rent, $1,600, for the month of December.
30 Paid $300 on account.
31 Cash dividends of $3,000 were paid to stockholders.
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