Chapter 3, Problem 12E

Maddie Inc. has the following transactions for its first month of business. A. What are the individual account balances, and the total balance, in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger? B. What is the balance in the accounts receivable general ledger (control) account?

The transactions completed by AM Express Company during March 2016, the first month of the fiscal year, were as follows: Instructions 1. Enter the following account balances in the general ledger as of March 1: 2. Journalize the transactions for March 2016, using the following journals similar to those illustrated in this chapter: single-column revenue journal (p. 35), cash receipts journal (p. 31), purchases journal (p. 37, with columns for Accounts Payable, Maintenance Supplies, Office Supplies, and Other Accounts), cash payments journal (p. 34), and two-column general journal (p. 1). Assume that the daily postings to the individual accounts in the accounts payable subsidiary ledger and the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger have been made. 3. Post the appropriate individual entries to the general ledger. 4. Total each of the columns of the special journals, and post the appropriate totals to the general ledger; insert the account balances. 5. Prepare a trial balance.

MacDonald Bookshop had the following transactions that occurred during February of this year: Required 1. Journalize the transactions for February in the cash payments journal. Assume the periodic inventory method is used. 2. If you are using Working Papers, total and rule the journal. Prove the equality of the debit and credit totals.

The transactions completed by Revere Courier Company during December, the first month of the fiscal year, were as follows: Instructions 1. Enter the following account balances in the general ledger as of December 1: 2. Journalize the transactions for December, using the following journals similar to those illustrated in this chapter: cash receipts journal (p. 31), purchases journal (p. 37, with columns for Accounts Payable, Maintenance Supplies, Office Supplies, and Other Accounts), single-column revenue journal (p. 35), cash payments journal (p. 34), and two-column general journal (p. 1). Assume that the daily postings to the individual accounts in the accounts payable subsidiary ledger and the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger have been made. 3. Post the appropriate individual entries to the general ledger. 4. Total each of the columns of the special journals and post the appropriate totals to the general ledger; insert the account balances. 5. Prepare a trial balance.

Transactions related to revenue and cash receipts completed by Sterling Engineering Services during the period June 230 are as follows: Instructions 1. Insert the following balances in the general ledger as of June 1: 2. Insert the following balances in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger as of June 1: 3. Prepare a single-column revenue journal (p. 40) and a cash receipts journal (p. 36). Use the following column headings for the cash receipts journal: Fees Earned Cr., Accounts Receivable Cr., and Cash Dr. The Fees Earned column is used to record cash fees. Insert a check mark () in the Post. Ref. column when recording cash fees. 4. Using the two special journals and the two-column general journal (p. 1), journalize the transactions for June. Post to the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger and insert the balances at the points indicated in the narrative of transactions. Determine the balance in the customers account before recording a cash receipt. 5. Total each of the columns of the special journals and post the individual entries and totals to the general ledger. Insert account balances after the last posting. 6. Determine that the sum of the customer accounts agrees with the accounts receivable controlling account in the general ledger. 7. Why would an automated system omit postings to a control account as performed in step 5 for Accounts Receivable?

Transactions related to revenue and cash receipts completed by Albany Architects Co. during the period November 230, 2016, are as follows: Instructions 1. Insert the following balances in the general ledger as of November 1: 2. Insert the following balances in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger as of November 1: 3. Prepare a single-column revenue journal (p. 40) and a cash receipts journal (p. 36). Use the following column headings for the cash receipts journal: Fees Earned Cr., Accounts Receivable Cr., and Cash Dr. The Fees Earned column is used to record cash fees. Insert a check mark () in the Post. Ref. column when recording cash fees. 4. Using the two special journals and the two-column general journal (p. 1), journalize the transactions for November. Post to the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger, and insert the balances at the points indicated in the narrative of transactions. Determine the balance in the customers account before recording a cash receipt. 5. Total each of the columns of the special journals, and post the individual entries and totals to the general ledger. Insert account balances after the last posting. 6. Determine that the sum of the customer balances agrees with the accounts receivable controlling account in the general ledger. 7. Why would an automated system omit postings to a controlling account as performed in step 5 for Accounts Receivable?

Use the information in RE3-6, (a) assuming Ringo Company makes reversing entries, prepare the reversing entry on January 1, and the journal entry to record the payment of the note on April 1; and (b) assuming Ringo does not make reversing entries, prepare the journal entry to record the payment of the note on April 1.

Piedmont Inc. has the following transactions for its first month of business: A. What are the individual account balances, and the total balance, in the accounts payable subsidiary ledger? B. What is the balance in the Accounts Payable general ledger account?

MacDonald Bookshop had the following transactions that occurred during February of this year: Required 1. Journalize the transactions for February in the cash payments journal. Assume the periodic inventory method is used. 2. Total and rule the journal. 3. Prove the equality of the debit and credit totals.