Horngren's Accounting (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133856781
Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem P3A.44BPGB
Understanding the alternative treatment of prepaid expenses and unearned revenues
Speedy I’ack’n Mail completed the following transactions during 2016:
Nov. 1 Paid $5,200 store rent covering the lour-month period ending February 28, 2017.
I Paid $9,600 insurance covering the six-rnonlh period ending April 30, 2017.
Dec I Collected $5,400 cash in advance from customers. The service
revenue will be earned S 1,800 monthly over the three-month period ending February 28, 2017.
1 Collected $ 10.000 cash in advance from customers. The service revenue will be earned $2,000 monthly over the five-month period ending April 30, 2017.
Requirements
- Journalize die transactions assuming that Speedy Pack’n Mail debits an asser account for prepaid expenses and credits a liability account for unearned revenues.
- Journalize the related
adjusting entries at December 31,2016. - Posr the journal and adjusting entries to the T-accounrs, and show their balances at December 31, 2016. (Ignore the Cash account.)
- Repeat Requirements 1-3. This rime debit an expense account fur prepaid expenses and credit a revenue account for unearned revenues.
- Compare rhe account balances in Requirements 3 and 4, They should be equal.
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Horngren's Accounting (11th Edition)
Ch. 3 - Prob. 1QCCh. 3 - Get Fit Now gains a client who prepays S540 for a...Ch. 3 - The revenue recognition principle requires...Ch. 3 - Adjusting the accounts is the process of Learning...Ch. 3 - Which of the following is an example of a deferral...Ch. 3 - Assume that the weekly payroll of In the Woods...Ch. 3 - Prob. 7QCCh. 3 - A equity overstated income statement: expense...Ch. 3 - A worksheet Learning Objective 6 is a journal used...Ch. 3 - On February 1, Clovis Wilson Law Firm contracted...
Ch. 3 - What is the difference between cash basis...Ch. 3 - Which method of accounting (cash or accrual basis)...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3RQCh. 3 - What is a fiscal year? Why might companies choose...Ch. 3 - Under the revenue recognition principle, when is...Ch. 3 - Under the matching principle, when are expenses...Ch. 3 - When are adjusting entries completed and what is...Ch. 3 - What are the two basic categories of adjusting...Ch. 3 - What is a deferred expense? Provide an example.Ch. 3 - What is the process of allocating the cost of a...Ch. 3 - What is a contra account?Ch. 3 - Prob. 12RQCh. 3 - What does accumulated depreciation represent?Ch. 3 - Prob. 14RQCh. 3 - What is a deferred revenue? Provide an example.Ch. 3 - What is an accrued expense? Provide an example.Ch. 3 - What is an accrued revenue? Provide an example.Ch. 3 - What are the two rules to remember about adjusting...Ch. 3 - When is an adjusted trial balance prepared, and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 20RQCh. 3 - What is a worksheet, and how is it used to help...Ch. 3 - If a payment of a deferred expense was recorded...Ch. 3 - If a payment of a deferred expense was recorded...Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.1SECh. 3 - Prob. S3.2SECh. 3 - Prob. S3.3SECh. 3 - Prob. S3.4SECh. 3 - S3-5 Identifying types of adjusting entries...Ch. 3 -
S3-6 Journalizing and posting adjusting entries...Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.7SECh. 3 - Prob. S3.8SECh. 3 - Prob. S3.9SECh. 3 - Prob. S3.10SECh. 3 - Prob. S3.11SECh. 3 - Journalizing an adjusting entry for accrued...Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.13SECh. 3 - Determining the effects on financial statements...Ch. 3 - Prob. S3.15SECh. 3 - Prob. S3A.16SECh. 3 - Prob. S3A.17SECh. 3 - E3-18 Comparing cash and accrual basis accounting...Ch. 3 - Comparing cash and accrual basis accounting and...Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.20ECh. 3 - Prob. E3.21ECh. 3 -
E3-22) Journalizing adjusting entries
Consider...Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.23ECh. 3 - Journalizing adjusting entries and posting to...Ch. 3 - Journalizing adjusting entries and posting to...Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.26ECh. 3 - Prob. E3.27ECh. 3 - Journalizing adjusting entries and analyzing their...Ch. 3 - Prob. E3.29ECh. 3 - Prob. E3.30ECh. 3 - Prob. E3A.31ECh. 3 - Prob. E3A.32ECh. 3 - Prob. P3.33APGACh. 3 - Prob. P3.34APGACh. 3 - Prob. P3.35APGACh. 3 - Prob. P3.36APGACh. 3 - Prob. P3.37APGACh. 3 - Prob. P3A.38APGACh. 3 - Prob. P3.39BPGBCh. 3 - Prob. P3.40BPGBCh. 3 - Prob. P3.41BPGBCh. 3 - Prob. P3.42BPGBCh. 3 - Prob. P3.43BPGBCh. 3 - Understanding the alternative treatment of prepaid...Ch. 3 - Prob. P3.45CPCh. 3 - Prob. P3.46PSCh. 3 - One year ago, Tyler Stasney founded Swift...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.1EICh. 3 - Prob. 3.1FCCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1FSC
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