Corporate Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781305653535
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.17EX
Closing entries with net loss
Rainbow Services Co. offers its services to individuals desiring to improve their personal images.
After the accounts have been adjusted at August 31, the end of the fiscal year, the following balances were taken from the ledger of Rainbow Services:
| $2,650,000 | |
| Dividends | 10,000 |
| Fees Earned | 1,050,000 |
| Wages Expense | 886,000 |
| Rent Expense | $185,000 |
| Supplies Expense | 26,200 |
| Miscellaneous Expense | 28,600 |
Journalize the four entries required to close the accounts.
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Prepare the journal entries to record the following transactions that occurred during the current year. Prepare a schedule for both accounts receivable and the allowance for uncollectible accounts that shows the beginning balances, the various items that change the beginning balance, and the ending balance.
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Prepare the journal entries to record the following transactions that occurred during the current year. (Record debits first, then credits. Exclude explanations from any journal…
Journalize the transactions under the allowance method, assuming that the allowance account had a beginning balance of $18,330 at the beginning of the year and the company uses the analysis of receivables method. Rustic Tables Company prepared the following aging schedule for its accounts receivable:
Aging Class (Numberof Days Past Due)
Receivables Balanceon December 31
Estimated Percent ofUncollectible Accounts
0-30 days
$293,000
1
%
31-60 days
110,000
8
61-90 days
35,000
20
91-120 days
13,000
55
More than 120 days
18,000
80
Total receivables
$469,000
Current Attempt in Progress
The ledger of Cullumber Company at the end of the current year shows Accounts Receivable $68,000, Credit Sales $810,000, and
Sales Returns and Allowances $38,000. Prepare journal entries for each separate scenario below.
If Cullumber Company uses the direct write-off method to account for uncollectible accounts, journalize the adjusting
entry at December 31, assuming Cullumber Company determines that Matisse's $500 balance is uncollectible.
(a)
If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $900 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at
December 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be 8% of accounts receivable.
(b)
If Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $490 in the trial balance, journalize the adjusting entry at
December 31, assuming bad debts are expected to be 7% of accounts receivable.
(c)
(Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
No. Account Titles…
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