Phat Barbie
,
Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 11:40:34 PM
Assume it is Monday, May 1, the first business day of the month, and you
Phat Barbie
have just been hired as the accountant for Colo Company, which operates
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with monthly accounting periods. All of the company’s accounting work is
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completed through the end of April and its ledgers show April 30 balances.
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During your first month on the job, the company experiences the following
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transactions and events (terms for all its credit sales are 2_10, n_30
unless stated differently):
May 1 Issued Check No. 3410 to S&P
Management Co. in payment of the May rent, $3,710. (Use two lines to
record the transaction. Charge 80% of the rent to Rent Expense—Selling
Space and the balance to Rent Expense Office Space.)
2 Sold
merchandise on credit to Hensel Company, Invoice No. 8785, for $6,100
(cost is $4,100).
2 Issued a $175 credit memorandum to Knox, Inc.,
for defective (worthless) merchandise sold on April 28 and returned for
credit. The total selling price (gross) was $4,725.
3 Received a
$798 credit memorandum from Peyton Products for the return of merchandise
purchased on April 29.
4 Purchased the following on credit from Gear
Supply Co.: merchandise, $37,072; store supplies, $574; and office
supplies, $83. Invoice dated May 4, terms n_10 EOM.
5 Received
payment from Knox, Inc., for the balance from the April 28 sale less the
May 2 return and the discount.
8 Issued Check No. 3411 to Peyton
Products to pay for the $7,098 of merchandise purchased on April 29 less
the May 3 return and a 2% discount.
9 Sold store supplies to the
merchant next door at their cost of $350 cash.
10 Purchased $4,074
of office equipment on credit from Gear Supply Co., invoice dated May/>10, terms n_10 EOM.
11 Received payment from Hensel Company for
the May 2 sale less the discount.
11 Purchased $8,800 of merchandise
from Garcia, Inc., invoice dated May 10, terms 2_10, n_30.
12
Received an $854 credit memorandum from Gear Supply Co. for the return of
defective office equipment received on May 10.
15 Issued Check No.
3412, payable to Payroll, in payment of sales salaries, $5,320, and office
salaries, $3,150. Cashed the check and paid the employees.
15 Cash
sales for the first half of the month are $59,220 (cost is $38,200). (Cash
sales are recorded daily but are recorded only twice here to reduce
repetitive entries.)
15 Post to the customer and creditor accounts.
Also post individual items that are not included in column totals at the
end of the month to the general ledger accounts. (Such items are posted
daily but are posted only twice each month because they are few in
number.)
16 Sold merchandise on credit to Hensel Company, Invoice No.
8786, for $3,990 (cost is $1,890).
17 Purchased $13,650 of
merchandise from Fink Corp., invoice dated May 14, terms 2_10, n_60. />19 Issued Check No. 3413 to Garcia, Inc., in payment of its May 10
invoice less the discount.
22 Sold merchandise to Lee Services,
Invoice No. 8787, for $6,850 (cost is $4,990), terms 2_10, n_60.
23
Issued Check No. 3414 to Fink Corp. in payment of its May 14 invoice less
the discount.
24 Purchased the following on credit from Gear Supply
Co.: merchandise, $8,120; store supplies, $630; and office supplies, $280.
Invoice dated May 24, terms n_10 EOM.
25 Purchased $3,080 of
merchandise from Peyton Products, invoice dated May 23, terms 2_10, n_30.
26 Sold merchandise on credit to Crane Corp., Invoice No. 8788, for
$14,210 (cost is $8,230).
26 Issued Check No. 3415 to Perennial
Power in payment of the May electric bill, $1,283.
29 The owner of
Colo Company, Jenny Colo, used Check No. 3416 to withdraw $7,000 cash from
the business for personal use.
30 Received payment from Lee Services
for the May 22 sale less the discount.
30 Issued Check No. 3417,
payable to Payroll, in payment of sales salaries, $5,320, and office
salaries, $3,150. Cashed the check and paid the employees.
31 Cash
sales for the last half of the month are $66,052 (cost is $42,500). />31 Post to the customer and creditor accounts. Also post individual
items that are not included in column totals at the end of the month to
the general ledger accounts. Foot and crossfoot the journals and make the
month-end postings.
Required
1. Enter these transactions in a
sales journal, a purchases journal, a cash receipts journal, a cash
disbursements
journal, or a general journal as illustrated in this
chapter. Post when instructed to do
so. Assume a perpetual inventory
system.
2. Prepare a trial balance in the Trial Balance columns of
the work sheet form provided with the working
papers. Complete the
work sheet using the following information for accounting adjustments:/>a. Expired insurance, $553.
b. Ending store supplies inventory,
$2,632.
c. Ending office supplies inventory, $504.
d.
Depreciation of store equipment, $567.
e. Depreciat