Question

The County of Maxnell decides to create a sanitation department and offer its services to the public for a fee. As a result, county officials plan to account for this activity within the enterprise funds. Make journal entries for this operation for the following 2015 transactions as well as necessary adjusting entries at the end of the year. Assume that the information is being gathered for fund financial statements. Only entries for the sanitation department are required here:

January 1—Received unrestricted funds of $160,000 from the general fund as permanent financing.

February 1—Borrowed an additional $130,000 from a local bank at a 12 percent annual interest rate.

March 1—Ordered a truck at an expected cost of $108,000.

April 1—Received the truck and made full payment. The actual cost amounted to $110,000. The truck has a 10-year life and no salvage value. Straight-line depreciation is to be used.

May 1—Received a $20,000 cash grant from the state to help supplement the pay of the sanitation workers. The money must be used for that purpose.

June 1—Rented a garage for the truck at a cost of $1,000 per month and paid 12 months of rent in advance.

July 1—Charged citizens $13,000 for services. Of this amount, $11,000 has been collected.

August 1—Made a $10,000 cash payment on the 12 percent note of February 1. This payment covers both interest and principal.

September 1—Paid salaries of $18,000 using the grant received on May 1.

October 1—Paid truck maintenance costs of $1,000.

November 1—Paid additional salaries of $10,000, first using the rest of the grant money received May 1.

December 31—Sent invoices totaling $19,000 to customers for services over the past six months. Collected $3,000 cash immediately.

Answer 1

Date	Particulars	Ledger folio	Debit	credit
Jan 1	Cash a/c		$160000
	To capital a/c			$160000
	(Being cash received )
Feb 1	Cash a/c		$130000
	To local bank loan a/c			$130000
	(being loan taken from local bank)
Apr 1	Truck a/c		$110000
	To cash a/c			$110000
	(being truck purchased and amount paid)
May 1	Cash a/c		$20000
	To government grant a/c			$20000
	(being grant recived)
Jun 1	Rent a/c		$12000
	To cash a/c			$12000
	(being rent paid for full year)
	Rent paid in advance a/c		$5000
	To rent a/c			$5000
	(being rebt paid in advance carry forward to next year )
Jul 1	Cash a/c		$11000
	Debtors a/c		$2000
	To sales a/c			$13000
	(being service provided)
Aug 1	Local bank loan a/c		$2200
	Interest a/c		$7800
	To cash a/c			$10000
	(being loan and interest amount has been paid )
	Interest = $130000*12% = 15600
	15600 is for 1 full year, so for half year it amounts to $7800
Sep 1	Salaries a/c		$18000
	To cash a/c			$18000
	(being salaries paid)
Oct 1	Truck maintenance expenses a/c		$1000
	To cash a/c			$1000
	(being truck maintenance paid)
Nov 1	Salaries a/c		$10000
	To cash a/c			$10000
	(being salaries paid)
Dec 31	Cash a/c		$3000
	Debtors a/c		$16000
	To sales a/c			$19000
	(being service provided)
	depreciation a/c		$8250
	to truck a/c			$8250
	(being depreciation provided)
	depreciation per year =$110000/10 years = $11000
	depreciation for 9 months( April to december) = $11000*9/12 = $8250

JANUARY 1

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