BE3-5 (L02,3) Assume that on February 1, Procter & Gamble (P&G) paid $720,000 in advance for 2 years’ insurance coverage. Prepare P&G’s February 1 journal entry and the annual adjusting entry on June 30.

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The amount of prepaid insurance used is $150,000.

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Meaning of Prepaid Insurance

Payment of premium by insured to insurer entity before the due date is prepaid insurance. It is current assets for the insured therefore shown in the balance sheet under the sub-head of current assets.

02

Journal Entries

Date

Accounts and Explanation

Debit $

Credit $

Feb 1

Prepaid Insurance

$720,000

Cash

$720,000

June 30

Insurance expenses

$150,000

Prepaid insurance ($720,000 x 5/24)

$150,000

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Cooke Company has a fiscal year ending on September 30. Selected data from the September 30 worksheet are presented below.

COOKE COMPANY

Worksheet

For The Month Ended September 30, 2017


Trial Balance
Adjusted Trial Balance

Account Titles

Dr.

Cr.

Dr.

Cr.

Cash

37,400

37,400

Supplies

18,600

4,200

Prepaid Insurance

31,900

3,900

Land

80,000

80,000

Equipment

120,000

120,000

Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment

36,200

42,000

Accounts Payable

14,600

14,600

Unearned Service Revenue

2,700

700

Mortgage Payable

50,000

50,000

Common Stock

107,700

107,700

Retained Earnings, Sept. 1, 2017

2,000

2,000

Dividends

14,000

14,000

Service Revenue

278,500

280,500

Salaries and Wages Expense

109,000

109,000

Maintenance and Repairs Expense

30,500

30,500

Advertising Expense

9,400

9,400

Utilities Expenses

16,900

16,900

Property Tax Expense

18,000

21,000

Interest Expense

6,000

12,000

Totals

491,700

491,700

Insurance Expense

28,000

Supplies Expense

14,400

Interest Payable

6,000

Depreciation Expense

5,800

Property Taxes Payable

3,000

Totals

506,500

506,500

Instructions

(a) Prepare a complete worksheet.

(b) Prepare a classified balance sheet. (Note: $10,000 of the mortgage payable is due for payment in the next fiscal year.)

(c) Journalize the adjusting entries using the worksheet as a basis.

d) Journalize the closing entries using the worksheet as a basis.

(e) Prepare a post-closing trial balance.

Indicate whether each of the following items is a real or nominal account and whether it appears in the balance sheet or the income statement.

(a) Prepaid Rent.

(b) Salaries and Wages Payable.

(c) Inventory.

(d) Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment.

(e) Equipment.

(f) Service Revenue.

(g) Salaries and Wages Expense.

(h) Supplies.

(L07) (Cash and Accrual Basis) Wayne Rogers Corp. maintains its financial records on the cash basis of accounting. Interested in securing a long-term loan from its regular bank, Wayne Rogers Corp. requests you as its independent to convert its cash-basis income statement data to the accrual basis. You are provided with the following summarized data covering 2016, 2017, and 2018

2016

2017

2018

Cash receipts from sale

On 2016 sales

\(295,000

\)160,000

\(30,000

On 2017 sales

0

\)355,000

\(90,000

On 2018 sales

0

0

\)408,000

Cash payments for expenses:

On 2016 expenses

\(185,000

\)67,000

\(25,000

On 2017 expenses

\)40,000a

\(160,000

\)55,000

On 2018 expenses

0

\(45,000b

\)218,000

a Prepayments of 2017 expenses.

b Prepayments of 2018 expenses.

Instructions

(a) Using the data above, prepare abbreviated income statements for the years 2016 and 2017 on the cash basis.

(b) Using the data above, prepare abbreviated income statements for the years 2016 and 2017 on the accrual basis.

What differences are there between the trial balance before closing and the trial balance after closing with respect to the following accounts?

a) Accounts payable

b) Expense accounts

c) Revenue accounts

d) Retained Earnings account

e) Cash

Do the following events represent business transactions?

Explain your answer in each case

  1. A computer is purchased on account.
  2. A customer returns merchandise and is given credit on account.
  3. A prospective employee is interviewed
  4. The owner of the business withdraws cash from the business for personal use.
  5. Merchandise is ordered for delivery next month.
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