In: Accounting
The current year and prior-year balance sheet of NCA show the following account balance:
current year | prior year | |
---|---|---|
Supplies | $4000 | $6500 |
Unearned Revenue | $8400 | $8000 |
During the current year, NCA $13300 of supplies expense and received $8700 of cash for services to be performed later.
Required: Using the ledger accounts, determine NCA's supplies expense and service revenue for the current year.
Ans: Supplies account is a real account and has debit balance in nature that is shown in balance sheet and its balance gets increased or decreased upon purchase or consumption. It gets Debited upon purchase and credited upon use that can be seen from following:
Supplies |
|||
Dr |
Cr |
||
Op Bal Current |
6500 |
15800 |
Supplies expense |
Purchase |
13300 |
4000 |
Cl Bal Brought Forward |
Total |
19800 |
19800 |
|
Cl Bal Current |
4000 |
Supplies expense is a balancing figure (6500+13300-4000 = 15800)
Unearned Revenue is a real account and has credit balance in nature that is shown in balance sheet and its balance gets increased or decreased upon cash received as advance from customers or Services performed. It gets Credited upon advance received and debited upon Services performed for which advance received that can be seen from following:
Supplies |
|||
Dr |
Cr |
||
Service Revenue |
8300 |
8000 |
Op Bal Current |
Cl Bal Brought Forward |
8400 |
8700 |
Cash received advance |
Total |
16700 |
16700 |
|
8400 |
Cl Bal Current |
Service revenue is a balancing figure (8000+8700-8400 = 8300)