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Chapter 2: 26E (page 98)

Question:The accountant for Countryside Painting Specialists is having a hard time preparing the trial balance as of November 30, 2018:

Account Title Debit Credit

Accounts Receivable 1,300

PaintingEquipment 13,500

Cash 12,100

Advertising Expense 550

Dividends 3,500

Accounts Payable 3,300

Rent Expense 1,800

Common Stock 15,000

Service Revenue 15,600

Unearned Revenue 1,700

Salaries Expense 2,400

Office Supplies 200

Utilities Expense 250

Total 48,600 22,600

Prepare the corrected trial balance as of November 30, 2018. Assume all amounts are correct and all accounts have normal balances.

Short Answer

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The advertising expense is the cost of promotion and the corrected trial balance is prepared with a total of$35,600

Step by step solution

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Step-by-Step SolutionStep 1: Definition of advertising expense

The advertising expense is defined as the cost incurred by the business for the promotion of the product or the business

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Preparation of corrected trial balance

COUNTRYSIDE PAINTING SPECIALISTS

Trial Balance

November 30, 2018

Accounts Titles

Debit ($)

Credit ($)

Painting Equipment

$13,500

Cash

$12,100

Accounts Receivables

$1,300

Advertising Expense

$550

Dividends

$3,500

Accounts Payable

$3,300

Rent Expense

$1,800

Common Stock

$15,000

Service Revenue

$15,600

Unearned Revenue

$1,700

Salaries Expense

$2,400

Office Supplies

$200

Utilities Expense

$250

Total

$35,600

$35,600

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Correcting errors in a trial balance

The trial balance of Beautiful Tots Child Care does not balance.

Account Title Debit Credit

Office Supplies 1,000

Cash 7,900

Accounts Receivable 6,700

Prepaid Insurance 300

Equipment 91,500

Accounts Payable 3,400

Notes Payable 45,000

Common Stock 57,000

Dividends 5,000

Service Revenue 12,350

Rent Expense 750

Salaries Expense 4,400

Total Balance \( 117,550 \) 117,750

The following errors are detected:

a. Cash is understated by \(1,500.

b. A \)4,100 debit to Accounts Receivable was posted as a credit.

c. A \(1,400 purchase of office supplies on account was neither journalized nor posted.

d. Equipment was incorrectly transferred from the ledger as \)91,500. It should have been transferred as \(83,000.

e. Salaries Expense is overstated by \)700.

f. A \(300 cash payment for advertising expense was neither journalized nor posted.

g. A \)200 cash dividend was incorrectly journalized as \(2,000.

h. Service Revenue was understated by \)4,100.

i. A 12-month insurance policy was posted as a $1,900 credit to Prepaid Insurance. Cash was posted correctly.

Prepare the corrected trial balance as of August 31, 2018. Journal entries are not required.

Journalizing transactions and posting to T-accounts

Roland Foster Optical Dispensary completed the following transactions during the latter part of March:

Mar. 15 Purchased office supplies on account, \(3,400.

28 Paid \)1,800 on account.

Requirements

  1. Journalize the transactions of Roland Foster Optical Dispensary. Include an explanation with each journal entry

Question:Preparing financial statements from the trial balance and calculating the debt ratio

The trial balance as of July 31, 2018, for Sara Simon, Registered Dietician, is presented below:

Account Title Debit Credit

Office Supplies 2,300

Cash 38,000

Accounts Receivable 9,000

Prepaid Insurance 2,400

Equipment 16,000

Accounts Payable 3,000

Unearned Revenue 3,912

Notes Payable 31,000

Common Stock 18,000

Dividends 2,800

Salaries Expense 1,700

Rent Expense 1,100

Utilities Expense 500

Service Revenue 17,888

Total Balance \( 73,800 \) 73,800

Requirements 4. Calculate the debt ratio as of July 31, 2018.

Identifying increases and decreases in accounts and normal balances Insert the missing information into the accounting equation. Signify increases as Incr. and decreases as Decr.

(a) ASSETS Retained Earnings Common Stock (d) Revenues Expenses Contributed Capital (g) (p) (h) Credit (k) Debit (l) Credit (i) (q) (j) Credit Incr. (r) (m) Credit Decr. (o) (f) Credit (c) LIABILITIES (b)

What does a ledger show? What’s the difference between a ledger and a chart of accounts?
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