Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780078025914
Author: Fred Phillips Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.4CP
identifying and Preparing
Golf Academy, Inc., provides private golf lessons. Its unadjusted
Required:
- 1. Calculate the (preliminary) unadjusted net income for the year ended December 31, 2015.
- 2. Name the five pairs of balance sheet and income statement accounts that require adjustment and indicate the amount of adjustment for each pair.
- 3. Prepare the adjusting journal entries that are required at December 31. 2013.
- 4. Calculate the adjusted net income that the company should report for the year ended December 31, 2015. By how much did the adjustments in requirement (3) cause net income to increase or decrease?
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