Financial Accounting, Student Value Edition (5th Edition)
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Author: Robert Kemp, Jeffrey Waybright
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 22AE
Preparing a single-step income statement (Learning Objective 6) 10-15 min.
The account balances for Spark’s Electrical Supply, Inc., for the year ended August 31, 2018, are presented next in random order:
| Cash...................................................... | $ 6,450 |
| Equipment............................................ | 48,800 |
| Accounts Payable................................. | 5,800 |
| Common Stock.................................... | 35,000 |
| Long-Term Notes Payable................... | 10,000 |
| General Expenses................................ | 24,500 |
| Salaries Payable.................................. | 1,450 |
| Supplies.............................................. | 950 |
| Building.............................................. | 135,000 |
| Estimated Refund Liability................... | 2,300 |
| Prepaid Rent......................................... | 1,750 |
| Interest Expense.................................... | 750 |
| 40,450 |
| Cost of Goods Sold..................................................... | $123,700 |
| 13,700 | |
| Unearned Revenues.................................................... | 2,350 |
| Sales Revenue............................................................. | 271,600 |
| 5,100 | |
| Accumulated Depreciation, Building............................ | 38,000 |
| Mortgage Payable (Long-Term)................................... | 25,900 |
| Dividends....................................................................... | 45,000 |
| Estimated Inventory Returns......................................... | 1,500 |
| Selling Expenses............................................................ | 37,000 |
| Inventory....................................................................... | 16,050 |
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- 1. Prepare Spark’s Electrical Supply, Inc.’s single-step income statement.
- 2. Would you recommend the use of the single-step income statement format by a merchandiser? Why?
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