Question

Vita Dental Agencies current fiscal year ended on December 31, 2018. For the year then ended, the company has reported an unadjusted net income of $100,000. The owner has some doubt about this figure and has asked you to review his accounting records.

Required:   Make adjusting entries as at December 31, 2018 for the following information uncovered in your review (show your calculations for full marks):

a)       Vita occupied their new building for the first time on May 1, 2018. The building has an estimated 15-year useful life and annual amortization is 40,000. No amortization has been recorded for 2018.

b)       The Dental Supplies account showed an opening balance of $1,900 on January 1, 2018. During the year, the owner used Dental Supplies asset account to record the purchase of another $2,985 of supplies. The year-end physical count of office supplies inventory only showed $0 unused Dental Supplies on hand.

c)       The Prepaid Insurance account showed an opening balance on January 1^st, 2018 of $1,200 representing the 3 months remaining on a 1-year insurance policy bought on April 1, 2017. At the expiration of this policy on March 31, 2018, the owner paid $6,000 for another 1 year policy. At year end, the accounting manager incorrectly debited Insurance Expense instead of Prepaid Insurance to record the purchase of this renewal on March 31, 2018.

Answer 1

a)       Vita occupied their new building for the first time on May 1, 2018. The building has an estimated 15-year useful life and annual amortization is 40,000. No amortization has been recorded for 2018.
Account Titles and explanation	Debit	Credit
Depreciation Expenses (40,000/12 x 8 months)	$                       26,666.67
Accumulated Depreciation - Building		$                        26,666.67
b)       The Dental Supplies account showed an opening balance of $1,900 on January 1, 2018. During the year, the owner used Dental Supplies asset account to record the purchase of another $2,985 of supplies. The year-end physical count of office supplies inventory only showed $0 unused Dental Supplies on hand.
Account Titles and explanation	Debit	Credit
Supplies Expenses	$                         4,885.00
Supplies ($1900 + $2985)		$                          4,885.00
c)       The Prepaid Insurance account showed an opening balance on January 1st, 2018 of $1,200 representing the 3 months remaining on a 1-year insurance policy bought on April 1, 2017. At the expiration of this policy on March 31, 2018, the owner paid $6,000 for another 1 year policy. At year end, the accounting manager incorrectly debited Insurance Expense instead of Prepaid Insurance to record the purchase of this renewal on March 31, 2018.
Account Titles and explanation	Debit	Credit
Insurance Expenses (1200/3 x 9 months)	3600
Prepaid insurance		3600
Prepaid Insurance	6000
Insurance Expenses		6000