In: Accounting
Preparing and Journalizing Adjusting Entries
For each of the following separate situations, prepare the
necessary adjustments (a) using the financial statement effects
template and (b) in journal entry form.
1. Unrecorded depreciation on equipment is $1,220.
2. On the date for preparing financial statements, an estimated
utilities expense of $780 has been incurred, but no utility bill
has yet been received or paid.
3. On the first day of the current period, rent for four periods
was paid and recorded as a $5,600 debit to Prepaid Rent and a
$5,600 credit to Cash.
4. Nine months ago, The Hartford Financial Services Group sold a
one-year policy to a customer and recorded the receipt of the
premium by debiting Cash for $1,248 and crediting Unearned Premium
Revenue for $1,248. No adjusting entries have been prepared during
the nine-month period. Hartford's annual financial statements are
now being prepared.
5. At the end of the period, employee wages of $1,930 have been
incurred but not yet paid or recorded.
6. At the end of the period, $600 of interest income has been
earned but not yet received or recorded.
(a) using the financial statement effects template
Balance SheetTransactionCash Asset+Noncash Assets-Contra Assets=Liabilities+Contributed Capital+Earned Capital(1) Adjusting entry for depreciation: equipment+-=++(2) Adjusting entry for utilities expense+-=++(3) Adjusting entry for rent expense+-=++(4) Adjusting entry for premium revenues+-=++(5) Adjusting entry for wage expense+-=++(6) Adjusting entry for interest earned+-=++ | Income StatementRevenue-Expenses=Net Income-=-=-=Correct |