An adjusting entry is prepared when the
Depreciation expense is the written down value of the tangible asset at the end of each accounting year. Accumulated Depreciation is a contra-asset account which is used to accumulate the depreciation expense amount on the related tangible asset, and which is deducted from the cost of the asset to show the real worth of the asset at the end of the each accounting period.
Balance sheet:
A balance sheet is a financial statement consists of the assets, liabilities, and the
To prepare: the annual adjusting entries for depreciation, post the adjustments to T-accounts, and indicate the accumulated depreciation on the balance sheet.
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- Reece Financial Services Co., which specializes in appliance repair services, is owned and operated by Joni Reece. Reece Financial Services accounting clerk prepared the following unadjusted trial balance at July 31, 2019: The data needed to determine year-end adjustments are as follows: Depreciation of building for the year, 6,400. Depreciation of equipment for the year, 2,800. Accrued salaries and wages at July 31, 900. Unexpired insurance at July 31, 1,500. Fees earned but unbilled on July 31, 10,200. Supplies on hand at July 31, 615. Rent unearned at July 31, 300. Instructions 1. Journalize the adjusting entries using the following additional accounts: Salaries and Wages Payable, Rent Revenue, Insurance Expense, Depreciation ExpenseBuilding, Depreciation ExpenseEquipment, and Supplies Expense. 2. Determine the balances of the accounts affected by the adjusting entries and prepare an adjusted trial balance.arrow_forwardCOMPLETION OF A WORK SHEET SHOWING A NET LOSS The trial balance for Cascade Bicycle Shop, a business owned by David Lamond, is shown below. Year-end adjustment information is as follows: (a and b) Merchandise inventory costing 22,000 is on hand as of December 31, 20--. (The periodic inventory system is used.) (c)Supplies remaining at the end of the year, 2,400. (d)Unexpired insurance on December 31, 1,750. (e)Depreciation expense on the building for 20--, 4,000. (f)Depreciation expense on the store equipment for 20--, 3,600. (g)Unearned storage revenue as of December 31, 1,950. (h)Wages earned but not paid as of December 31, 750. REQUIRED 1. Complete the Adjustments columns, identifying each adjustment with its corresponding letter. 2. Complete the work sheet. 3. Enter the adjustments in the general journal.arrow_forwardPrepare adjusting journal entries, as needed, considering the account balances excerpted from the unadjusted trial balance and the adjustment data. A. supplies actual count at year end, $6,500 B. remaining unexpired insurance, $6,000 C. remaining unearned service revenue, $1,200 D. salaries owed to employees, $2,400 E. depreciation on property plant and equipment, $18,000arrow_forward
- Adjusting Entries The following information is available for Drake Company, which adjusts and closes its accounts every December 31: 1. Salaries accrued but unpaid total 2,840 on December 31. 2. The 247 December utility bill arrived on December 31 and has not been paid or recorded. 3. Buildings with a cost of 78,000, 25-year life, and 9,000 residual value are to be depreciated; equipment with a cost of 44,000, 8-year life, and 2,000 residual value is also to be depreciated. The straight linemethod is to be used. 4. A count of supplies indicates that the Store Supplies account should be reduced by 128 and the Office Supplies account reduced by 397 for supplies used during the year. 5. The company holds a 6,000, 12% (annual rate), 6 month note receivable dated September 30, from a customer. The interest is to be collected on the maturity date. 6. Bad debts expense is estimated to be 1% of annual sales. Sales total 65,000. 7. An analysis of the company insurance policies indicates that the Prepaid Insurance account is to be reduced for 528 of expired insurance. 8. A review of travel expense reports indicates that 310 has been paid for airfare for a salesperson (and recorded as Travel Expenses), but has not yet been used. 9. The income tax rate is 30% on current income and will be paid in the first quarter of next year. The pretax income of the company before adjustments is 18,270. Required: Journalize the necessary year-end adjusting entries for Drake. Show supporting calculations in your journal entry explanations.arrow_forwardThe account balances of Bryan Company as of June 30, the end of the current fiscal year, are as follows: Required 1. Data for the adjustments are as follows: a. Expired or used up insurance, 495 b. Depreciation expense on equipment, 670. c. Depreciation expense on the van, 1,190. d. Salary accrued (earned) since the last payday, 540 (owed and to be paid on the next payday). e. Supplies used during the period, 97. Your instructor may want you to use a work sheet for these adjustments. 2. Journalize the adjusting entries. 3. Prepare an income statement. 4. Prepare a statement of owners equity. Assume that there was an additional investment of 2,000 on June 10. 5. Prepare a balance sheet. 6. Journalize the closing entries using the four steps in the correct sequence. Check Figure Net Income, 13,627arrow_forwardReece Financial Services Co., which specializes in appliance repair services, is owned and operated by Joni Reece. Reece Financial Services Co.s accounting clerk prepared the following unadjusted trial balance at July 31, 2016: The data needed to determine year-end adjustments are as follows: a. Depreciation of building for the year, 6,400. b. Depreciation of equipment for the year, 2,800. c. Accrued salaries and wages at July 31, 900. d. Unexpired insurance at July 31, 1,500. e. Fees earned but unbilled on July 31, 10,200. f. Supplies on hand at July 31, 615. g. Rent unearned at July 31, 300. Instructions 1. Journalize the adjusting entries using the following additional accounts: Salaries and Wages Payable; Rent Revenue; Insurance Expense; Depreciation ExpenseBuilding; Depreciation ExpenseEquipment; and Supplies Expense. 2. Determine the balances of the accounts affected by the adjusting entries and preparean adjusted trial balance.arrow_forward
- Complete the work sheet for Ramey Company, dated December 31, 20, through the adjusted trial balance using the following adjustment information: a. Expired or used-up insurance, 460. b. Depreciation expense on equipment, 870. (Remember to credit the Accumulated Depreciation account for equipment, not Equipment.) c. Wages accrued or earned since the last payday, 120 (owed and to be paid on the next payday). d. Supplies remaining, 80.arrow_forwardThe following accounts appear in the ledger of Celso and Company as of June 30, the end of this fiscal year. The data needed for the adjustments on June 30 are as follows: ab.Merchandise inventory, June 30, 54,600. c.Insurance expired for the year, 475. d.Depreciation for the year, 4,380. e.Accrued wages on June 30, 1,492. f.Supplies on hand at the end of the year, 100. Required 1. Prepare a work sheet for the fiscal year ended June 30. Ignore this step if using CLGL. 2. Prepare an income statement. 3. Prepare a statement of owners equity. No additional investments were made during the year. 4. Prepare a balance sheet. 5. Journalize the adjusting entries. 6. Journalize the closing entries. 7. Journalize the reversing entry as of July 1, for the wages that were accrued in the June adjusting entry. Check Figure Net income, 14,066arrow_forwardCALCULATING AND JOURNALIZING DEPRECIATION Equipment records for Johnson Machine Co. for the year follow. Johnson Machine uses the straight-line method of depreciation. In the case of assets acquired by the fifteenth day of the month, depreciation should be computed for the entire month. In the case of assets acquired after the fifteenth day of the month, no depreciation should be considered for the month in which the asset was acquired. REQUIRED 1. Calculate the depreciation expense for Johnson Machine as of December 31, 20--. 2. Prepare the entry for depreciation expense using a general journal.arrow_forward
- The following accounts appear in the ledger of Sheldon Company on January 31, the end of this fiscal year. The data needed for adjustments on January 31 are as follows: ab.Merchandise inventory, January 31, 55,750. c.Insurance expired for the year, 1,285. d.Depreciation for the year, 5,482. e.Accrued wages on January 31, 1,556. f.Supplies used during the year 1,503. Required 1. Prepare a work sheet for the fiscal year ended January 31. Ignore this step if using QuickBooks or general ledger. 2. Prepare an income statement. 3. Prepare a statement of owners equity. No additional investments were made during the year. Ignore this step if using CLGL. 4. Prepare a balance sheet. 5. Journalize the adjusting entries. 6. Journalize the closing entries. Check Figure Net loss, 1,737arrow_forwardUsing the following information, A. Make the December 31 adjusting journal entry for depreciation. B. Determine the net book value (NBV) of the asset on December 31. Cost of asset, $195,000 Accumulated depreciation, beginning of year, $26,000 Current year depreciation, $13,000arrow_forwardSoon after December 31, 2019, the auditor requested a depreciation schedule for trucks of Jarrett Trucking Company, showing the additions, retirements, depreciation, and other data affecting the income of the company in the 4-year period 2016 to 2019, inclusive. The following data were in the Trucks account as of January 1, 2016: The Accumulated DepreciationTrucks account, previously adjusted to January 1,2016, and duly entered in the ledger, had a balance on that date of 16,460. This amount represented the straight-line depreciation on the four trucks from the respective dates of purchase, based on a 5-year life and no residual value. No debits had been made to this account prior to January 1, 2016. Transactions between January 1,2017, and December 31, 2019, and their record in the ledger were as follows: 1. July 1, 2016: Truck no. 1 was sold for 1,000 cash. The entry was a debit to Cash and a credit to Trucks, 1,000. 2. January 1, 2017: Truck no. 3 was traded for a larger one (no. 5) with a 5-year life. The agreed purchase price was 12,000. Jarrett paid the other company 1,780 cash on the transaction. The entry was a debit to Trucks, 1,780, and a credit to Cash, 1,780. 3. July 1, 2018: Truck no. 4 was damaged in a wreck to such an extent that it was sold as junk for 50 cash. Jarrett received 950 from the insurance company. The entry made by the bookkeeper was a debit to Cash, 1,000, and credits to Miscellaneous Revenue, 50, and Trucks, 950, 4. July 1, 2018: A new truck (no. 6) was acquired for 20,000 cash and debited at that amount to the Trucks account. The truck has a 5-year life. Entries for depreciation had been made at the close of each year as follows: 2016, 8,840; 2017, 5,436; 2018, 4,896; 2019, 4,356. Required: 1. Next Level For each of the 4 years, calculate separately the increase or decrease in earnings arising from the companys errors in determining or entering depreciation or in recording transactions affecting trucks. 2. Prove your work by one compound journal entry as of December 31, 2019; the adjustment of the Trucks account is to reflect the correct balances, assuming that the books have not been closed for 2019.arrow_forward
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