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Elite Realty acts as an agent in buying, selling, renting, and managing real estate. The unadjusted trial balance

A summary listing of the titles and balances of accounts in the ledger prior to the posting of adjusting entries.

on March 31, 2019, follows:

Elite Realty

UNADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE

March 31, 2019

	ACCOUNT TITLE	DEBIT	CREDIT
1	Cash	26,300.00
2	Accounts Receivable	61,500.00
3	Prepaid Insurance	3,000.00
4	Office Supplies	1,800.00
5	Land
6	Accounts Payable		14,000.00
7	Unearned Rent
8	Notes Payable
9	Lester Wagner, Capital		46,000.00
10	Lester Wagner, Drawing	2,000.00
11	Fees Earned		240,000.00
12	Salary and Commission Expense	148,200.00
13	Rent Expense	30,000.00
14	Advertising Expense	17,800.00
15	Automobile Expense	5,500.00
16	Miscellaneous Expense	3,900.00
17	Totals	300,000.00	300,000.00

The following business transactions were completed by Elite Realty during April 2019. Enter the transactions through the 23rd on Page 18 of the two-column journal.

Apr.	1	Paid rent on office for month, $6,500.
	2	Purchased office supplies on account, $2,300.
	5	Paid insurance premiums, $6,000.
	10	Received cash from clients on account, $52,300.
	15	Purchased land for a future building site for $200,000, paying $30,000 in cash and giving a note payable for the remainder.
	17	Paid creditors on account, $6,450.
	20	Returned a portion of the office supplies purchased on April 2, receiving full credit for their cost, $325.
	23	Paid advertising expense, $4,300.

Enter the following transactions on Page 19 of the two-column journal:

Apr.	27	Discovered an error in computing a commission; received cash from the salesperson for the overpayment, $2,500.
	28	Paid automobile expense (including rental charges for an automobile), $1,500.
	29	Paid miscellaneous expenses, $1,400.
	30	Recorded revenue earned and billed to clients during the month, $57,000.
	30	Paid salaries and commissions for the month, $11,900.
	30	Withdrew cash for personal use, $4,000.
	30	Rented land purchased on April 15 to local merchants association for use as a parking lot in May and June, during a street rebuilding program; received advance payment of $10,000.

	Required:
1.	Record the April 1, 2019, balance of each account in the appropriate balance column of a four-column account Accounting forms that are used to record the increases and decreases in each financial statement item. , type Balance in the item section, and select a check mark in the Posting Reference column.
2.	Journalize The process of recording a transaction in the journal. the transactions for April in a two-column journal The initial record in which the effects of a transaction are recorded. beginning on Page 18. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
3.	Post to the ledger A group of accounts for a business. , extending the account balance to the appropriate balance column after each posting. Post in chronological order. For transactions occurring on the same day, post in the order presented in the instructions. Insert the appropriate posting references in both the journal and the ledger as each item is posted.
4.	Prepare an unadjusted trial balance A summary listing of the titles and balances of accounts in the ledger prior to the posting of adjusting entries. of the ledger as of April 30, 2019.
5.	Assume that the April 30 transaction for salaries and commissions should have been $19,100. (a) Why did the unadjusted trial balance in (4) balance? (b) Journalize the correcting entry on April 30. Use page 20. (Note: You will not be required to post this entry to the ledger at this time.) (c) Is this error a transposition An error in which the order of the digits is changed, such as writing $542 as $452 or $524. or slide An error in which the entire number is moved one or more spaces to the right or the left, such as writing $542.00 as $54.20 or $5,420.00. ?

Answer 1