Question

Prepare journal entries for each of the transactions and adjustments

Chapati Company started business on January 1, 2016. Some of the events that occurred in its first year of operations follow:

1.An insurance policy was purchased on February 28 for $1,800.

2.During the year, inventory costing $140,000 was purchased, all on account.

3.Sales to customers totalled $200,000. Of these, $40,000 were cash sales.

4.Payments to suppliers for inventory that had been purchased earlier totalled $110,000.

5.Collections from customers on account during the year totalled $140,000.

6.Customers paid $25,000 in advance payments for goods that will be delivered later.

7.Equipment that cost $140,000 was purchased on October 1 for $40,000 cash plus a two-year, 10% note with a principal amount of $100,000.

8.Wages totalling $44,000 were paid to employees during the year.

9.The board of directors declared dividends of $12,000 in December 2016, to be paid in January 2017.

10.A year-end review revealed that the insurance policy (in item 1) was for one year of coverage that began on March 1, 2016.

11.The equipment that was purchased (in item 7) on October 1, 2016, is to be depreciated using the straight-line method, with an estimated useful life of 10 years and an estimated residual value of $20,000.

12.No interest was paid on the note during the year.

13.A physical count at year end revealed $20,000 of unsold inventory still on hand.

14.It was determined that 80% of the goods that were paid for in advance (in item 6) had been delivered to the customers by the end of the year.

15.In addition to the wages that were paid during the year, wages of $4,000 remained unpaid at the end of the year.

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