Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780078025914
Author: Fred Phillips Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.15ME

Identifying Transactions and Preparing Journal Entries

Joel Henry founded Bookmart.com at the beginning of August, which sells new and used books online. He is passionate about books but does not have a lot of accounting experience. Help Joel by preparing journal entries for the following events. If the event is not a transaction, write “no transaction.”

  1. a. The company purchased equipment for $4,000 cash. The equipment is expected to be used for 10 or more years.
  2. b. Joel’s business bought $7,000 worth of inventory from a publisher. The company will pay the publisher within 45-60 days.
  3. c. Joel’s friend Sam lent $4,000 to the business. Sam had Joel write a note promising that bookmart.com would repay the $4.000 in four months. Because they are good friends, Sam is not going to charge Joel interest.
  4. d. The company paid $1,500 cash for books purchased on account earlier in the month.
  5. e. Bookmart.com repaid the $4,000 loan established in (c).
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Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

Ch. 2 - Prob. 11QCh. 2 - Which of the following is not an asset account? a....Ch. 2 - Which of the following statements describe...Ch. 2 - Total assets on a balance sheet prepared on any...Ch. 2 - The duality of effects can best be described as...Ch. 2 - The T-account is used to summarize which of the...Ch. 2 - Prob. 6MCCh. 2 - A company was recently formed with 50,000 cash...Ch. 2 - Which of the following statements would be...Ch. 2 - Prob. 9MCCh. 2 - Prob. 10MCCh. 2 - Prob. 2.1MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.2MECh. 2 - Matching Terms with Definitions Match each term...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.4MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.5MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.6MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.7MECh. 2 - Identifying Events as Accounting Transactions Half...Ch. 2 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Several...Ch. 2 - Preparing Journal Entries For each of the...Ch. 2 - Posting to T-Accounts For each of the transactions...Ch. 2 - Reporting a Classified Balance Sheet Given the...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.13MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.14MECh. 2 - Identifying Transactions and Preparing Journal...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.16MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.17MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.18MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.19MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.20MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.21MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.22MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.23MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.24MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.25MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.1ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.2ECh. 2 - Classifying Accounts and Their Usual Balances As...Ch. 2 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Several...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.5ECh. 2 - Recording Journal Entries Refer to E2-4. Required:...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.7ECh. 2 - Analyzing the Effects of Transactions in...Ch. 2 - Inferring Investing and Financing Transactions and...Ch. 2 - Analyzing Accounting Equation Effects, Recording...Ch. 2 - Recording Journal Entries and Preparing a...Ch. 2 - Analyzing the Effects of Transactions Using...Ch. 2 - Explaining the Effects of Transactions on Balance...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.14ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.15ECh. 2 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Various...Ch. 2 - Recording Transactions (in a Journal and...Ch. 2 - Recording Transactions (in a Journal and...Ch. 2 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Various...Ch. 2 - Recording Transactions (in a Journal and...Ch. 2 - Recording Transactions (in a Journal and...Ch. 2 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Various...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.2PBCh. 2 - Prob. 2.3PBCh. 2 - Prob. 2.1SDCCh. 2 - Prob. 2.2SDCCh. 2 - Prob. 2.4SDCCh. 2 - Prob. 2.5SDCCh. 2 - Accounting for the Establishment of a Business...
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