In: Accounting
Purchases and Cash Payments Journals; Accounts Payable Subsidiary and General Ledgers
AquaFresh Water Testing Service was established on April 16. AquaFresh uses field equipment and field supplies (chemicals and other supplies) to analyze water for unsafe contaminants in streams, lakes, and ponds. Transactions related to purchases and cash payments during the remainder of April are as follows:
April 16. | Issued Check No. 1 in payment of rent for the remainder of April, $3,500. | |
April 16. | Purchased field supplies on account from Hydro Supply Co., $5,340. | |
April 16. | Purchased field equipment on account from Pure Equipment Co., $21,450. | |
April 17. | Purchased office supplies on account from Best Office Supply Co., $510. | |
April 19. | Issued Check No. 2 in payment of field supplies, $3,340, and office supplies, $400. | |
Post the journals to the accounts payable subsidiary ledger. | ||
April 23. | Purchased office supplies on account from Best Office Supply Co., $660. | |
April 23. | Issued Check No. 3 to purchase land, $140,000. | |
April 24. | Issued Check No. 4 to Hydro Supply Co. in payment of April 16 invoice, $5,340. | |
April 26. | Issued Check No. 5 to Pure Equipment Co. in payment of April 16 invoice, $21,450. | |
Post the journals to the accounts payable subsidiary ledger. | ||
April 30. | Acquired land in exchange for field equipment having a cost of $12,000. | |
April 30. | Purchased field supplies on account from Hydro Supply Co., $7,650. | |
April 30. | Issued Check No. 6 to Best Office Supply Co. in payment of April 17 invoice, $510. | |
April 30. | Purchased the following from Pure Equipment Co. on account: field supplies, $1,340, and field equipment, $4,700. | |
April 30. | Issued Check No. 7 in payment of salaries, $29,400. | |
Post the journals to the accounts payable subsidiary ledger. |
Required:
1. Journalize the transactions (in chronological order as presented in the data) for April. Use a purchases journal and a cash payments journal, and a two-column general journal. Use debit columns for Field Supplies, Office Supplies, and Other Accounts in the purchases journal. Refer to the following partial chart of accounts:
11 | Cash | 19 | Land |
14 | Field Supplies | 21 | Accounts Payable |
15 | Office Supplies | 61 | Salary Expense |
17 | Field Equipment | 71 | Rent Expense |
At the points indicated in the narrative of transactions, post to the following accounts in chronological order in the accounts payable subsidiary ledger:
Best Office Supply Co. |
Hydro Supply Co. |
Pure Equipment Co. |
For those boxes in which no entry is required, leave the box blank. If no other account is needed in the "Other Accounts Dr." column select "No Entry Required".
PURCHASES JOURNAL | PAGE 1 | |||||||
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Date | Account Credited | Post. Ref. | Accounts Payable Cr. | Field Supplies Dr. | Office Supplies Dr. | Other Accounts Dr. |
Post. Ref. |
Amount |
April 16 | Hydro Supply Co. | ? | No Entry Required | |||||
April 16 | Pure Equipment Co. | ? | Field Equipment | |||||
April 17 | Best Office Supply Co. | ? | No Entry Required | |||||
April 23 | Best Office Supply Co. | ? | No Entry Required | |||||
April 30 | Hydro Supply Co. | ? | No Entry Required | |||||
April 30 | Pure Equipment Co. | ? | Field Equipment | |||||
April 30 |
CASH PAYMENTS JOURNAL | PAGE 1 | |||||
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Date | Ck. No. | Account Debited | Post. Ref. | Other Accounts Dr. |
Accounts Payable Dr. |
Cash Cr. |
April 16 | Rent Expense | |||||
April 19 | Field Supplies | |||||
Office Supplies | ||||||
April 23 | Land | |||||
April 24 | Hydro Supply Co. | ? | ||||
April 26 | Pure Equipment Co. | ? | ||||
April 30 | Best Office Supply Co. | ? | ||||
April 30 | Salary Expense | |||||
April 30 | Total |
JOURNAL | PAGE 1 | |||
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Date | Description | Post. Ref. | Debit | Credit |
April 30 | Land | |||
Field Equipment |
2. Post the individual entries in chronological order (Other Accounts columns of the purchases journal and the cash payments journal and both columns of the general journal) to the appropriate general ledger accounts. Post to the subsidiary ledger in chronological order. When posting to the general ledger, post in chronological order. However, if there is more than one entry on the same date, post transactions from the purchases journal first, then the cash payments journal before posting from the general journal.
3. Total each of the columns of the purchases journal and the cash payments journal, and post the appropriate totals to the general ledger.
For those boxes in which no entry is required, leave the box blank.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SUBSIDIARY LEDGER | |||||
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Date | Item | Post. Ref. | Debit | Credit | Balance |
Account: Best Office Supply Co. | |||||
April 17 | |||||
April 23 | |||||
April 30 | |||||
Account: Hydro Supply Co. | |||||
April 16 | |||||
April 24 | |||||
April 30 | |||||
Account: Pure Equipment Co. | |||||
April 16 | |||||
April 26 | |||||
April 30 |
Post transactions in chronological order. However, if there is more
that one transaction on the same date, post from the purchases
journal first, then from the cash payments journal before posting
from the general journal. (Because the problem does not include
transactions related to cash receipts, the cash account in the
ledger will have a credit balance.)
GENERAL LEDGER | ||||||
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Balance | ||||||
Date | Item | Post. Ref. | Debit | Credit | Dr. | Cr. |
Account: Cash #11 | ||||||
April 30 | ||||||
Account: Field Supplies #14 | ||||||
April 19 | ||||||
April 30 | ||||||
Account: Office Supplies #15 | ||||||
April 19 | ||||||
April 30 | ||||||
Account: Field Equipment #17 | ||||||
April 16 | ||||||
April 30 | ||||||
April 30 | ||||||
Account: Land #19 | ||||||
April 23 | ||||||
April 30 | ||||||
Account: Accounts Payable #21 | ||||||
April 30 | ||||||
April 30 | ||||||
Account: Salary Expense #61 | ||||||
April 30 | ||||||
Account: Rent Expense #71 | ||||||
April 16 |
4. Prepare a schedule of the accounts payable creditor balances.
AQUAFRESH WATER TESTING
SERVICE Accounts Payable Creditor Balances April 30 |
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Best Office Supply Co. | $ |
Hydro Supply Co. | |
Pure Equipment Co. | |
Total accounts payable | $ |
5. All are reasons why AquaFresh might consider using a subsidiary ledger for the field equipment EXCEPT:
To secure lower pricing on equipment purchases
General Journal | |||||
Date | Ref. | Details | Debit | Credit | |
16-Apr-08 | 4-004 | Rent Expense | 3,500.00 | ||
1-001 | Cash | 3500.00 | |||
1-010 | Field Supplies | 5,340.00 | |||
2-001 | Accounts Payable | 5340.00 | |||
1-501 | Equipment | 21,450.00 | |||
2-001 | Accounts Payable | 21450.00 | |||
17-Apr-08 | 1-005 | Office Supplies | 510.00 | ||
2-001 | Accounts Payable | 510.00 | |||
19-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 3,340.00 | ||
1-001 | Cash | 3340.00 | |||
19-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 400.00 | ||
1-001 | Cash | 400.00 | |||
23-Apr-08 | 1-005 | Office Supplies | 660.00 | ||
2-001 | Accounts Payable | 660.00 | |||
23-Apr-08 | 1-505 | Land | 140,000.00 | ||
1-001 | Cash | 140000.00 | |||
24-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 5,340.00 | ||
1-001 | Cash | 5340.00 | |||
26-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 21,450.00 | ||
1-001 | Cash | 21450.00 | |||
30-Apr-08 | 1-505 | Land | 12,000.00 | ||
1-501 | Equipment | 12,000.00 | |||
30-Apr-08 | 1-010 | Field Supplies | 7,650.00 | ||
2-001 | Accounts Payable | 7650.00 | |||
30-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 510.00 | ||
1-001 | Cash | 510.00 | |||
30-Apr-08 | 1-010 | Field Supplies | 1,340.00 | ||
2-001 | Accounts Payable | 1340.00 | |||
30-Apr-08 | 1-501 | Equipment | 4,700.00 | ||
2-001 | Accounts Payable | 4700.00 | |||
30-Apr-08 | 4-007 | Salaries Expense | 29,400.00 | ||
2-001 | Accounts Payable | 29400.00 |
PURCHASES JOURNAL | PAGE 1 | |||||||
Date | Account Credited | Post. Ref. | Accounts Payable Cr. | Field Supplies Dr. | Office Supplies Dr. | Other Accounts | Post. | Amount |
Dr. | Ref. | |||||||
Apr-16 | Hydro Supply Co. | ? | 5340 | 5340 | No Entry Required | |||
Apr-16 | Pure Equipment Co. | ? | 21450 | Field Equipment | 21450 | |||
Apr-17 | Best Office Supply Co. | ? | 510 | 510 | No Entry Required | |||
Apr-23 | Best Office Supply Co. | ? | 660 | 660 | No Entry Required | |||
Apr-30 | Hydro Supply Co. | ? | 7650 | 7650 | No Entry Required | |||
Apr-30 | Pure Equipment Co. | ? | 6040 | 1340 | Field Equipment | 4700 | ||
Apr-30 | ||||||||
CASH PAYMENTS JOURNAL | PAGE 1 | |||||||
Date | Ck. No. | Account Debited | Post. Ref. | Other Accounts | Accounts | Cash Cr. | ||
Dr. | Payable Dr. | |||||||
Apr-16 | 1 | Rent Expense | 3500 | 3500 | ||||
Apr-19 | 2 | Field Supplies | 3340 | 3340 | ||||
2 | Office Supplies | 400 | 400 | |||||
Apr-23 | 3 | Land | 140000 | 140000 | ||||
Apr-24 | 4 | Hydro Supply Co. | ? | 5340 | 5340 | |||
Apr-26 | 5 | Pure Equipment Co. | ? | 21450 | 21450 | |||
Apr-30 | 6 | Best Office Supply Co. | ? | 510 | 510 | |||
Apr-30 | Salary Expense | 29400 | 29400 | |||||
Apr-30 | Total | 172900 | 31040 | 203940 | ||||
JOURNAL | PAGE 1 | |||||||
Date | Description | Post. Ref. | Debit | Credit | ||||
Apr-30 | Land | 12000 | ||||||
Field Equipment | 12000 | |||||||
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SUBSIDIARY LEDGER | ||||||||
Date | Item | Post. Ref. | Debit | Credit | Balance | |||
Account: Best Office Supply Co. | ||||||||
Apr-17 | Office Supplies | 510 | 510 | |||||
Apr-23 | Office Supplies | 660 | 1170 | |||||
Apr-30 | Cash | 510 | 660 | |||||
Account: Hydro Supply Co. | ||||||||
Apr-16 | Field Supplies | 5340 | 5340 | |||||
Apr-24 | Field Supplies | 7650 | 12990 | |||||
Apr-30 | Cash | 5340 | 7650 | |||||
Account: Pure Equipment Co. | ||||||||
Apr-16 | Field Equipment | 21450 | 21450 | |||||
Apr-26 | Field Equipment | 4700 | 26150 | |||||
Apr-30 | Cash | 21450 | 4700 | |||||
AQUAFRESH WATER TESTING SERVICE | ||||||||
Accounts Payable Creditor Balances | ||||||||
Apr-30 | ||||||||
Best Office Supply Co. | 660 | |||||||
Hydro Supply Co. | 7650 | |||||||
Pure Equipment Co. | 4700 | |||||||
Total accounts payable |
Posting Acct | 1-001 | Cash | |||
Date | Acct | Description | Debit | Credit | Net |
16-Apr-08 | 4-004 | Rent Expense | - | 3,500.00 | (3,500.00) |
19-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | - | 3,740.00 | (3,740.00) |
23-Apr-08 | 1-505 | Land | - | 140,000.00 | (140,000.00) |
24-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | - | 5,340.00 | (5,340.00) |
26-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | - | 21,450.00 | (21,450.00) |
30-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | - | 510.00 | (510.00) |
Total | - | 174,540.00 | (174,540.00) | ||
Posting Acct | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | |||
Date | Acct | Description | Debit | Credit | Net |
16-Apr-08 | 1-501 | Equipment | - | 21,450.00 | (21,450.00) |
1-010 | Field Supplies | - | 5,340.00 | (5,340.00) | |
17-Apr-08 | 1-005 | Office Supplies | - | 510.00 | (510.00) |
19-Apr-08 | 1-001 | Cash | 3,740.00 | - | 3,740.00 |
23-Apr-08 | 1-005 | Office Supplies | - | 660.00 | (660.00) |
24-Apr-08 | 1-001 | Cash | 5,340.00 | - | 5,340.00 |
26-Apr-08 | 1-001 | Cash | 21,450.00 | - | 21,450.00 |
30-Apr-08 | 1-001 | Cash | 510.00 | - | 510.00 |
1-501 | Equipment | - | 4,700.00 | (4,700.00) | |
4-007 | Salaries Expense | - | 29,400.00 | (29,400.00) | |
1-010 | Field Supplies | - | 8,990.00 | (8,990.00) | |
Total | 31,040.00 | 71,050.00 | (40,010.00) | ||
Posting Acct | 4-004 | Rent Expense | |||
Date | Acct | Description | Debit | Credit | Net |
16-Apr-08 | 1-001 | Cash | 3,500.00 | - | 3,500.00 |
Total | 3,500.00 | - | 3,500.00 | ||
Posting Acct | 1-501 | Equipment | |||
Date | Acct | Description | Debit | Credit | Net |
16-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 21,450.00 | - | 21,450.00 |
30-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 4,700.00 | - | 4,700.00 |
1-505 | Land | - | 12,000.00 | (12,000.00) | |
Total | 26,150.00 | 12,000.00 | 14,150.00 | ||
Posting Acct | 1-005 | Office Supplies | |||
Date | Acct | Description | Debit | Credit | Net |
17-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 510.00 | - | 510.00 |
23-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 660.00 | - | 660.00 |
Total | 1,170.00 | - | 1,170.00 | ||
Posting Acct | 4-007 | Salaries Expense | |||
Date | Acct | Description | Debit | Credit | Net |
30-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 29,400.00 | - | 29,400.00 |
Total | 29,400.00 | - | 29,400.00 | ||
Posting Acct | 1-010 | Field Supplies | |||
Date | Acct | Description | Debit | Credit | Net |
16-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 5,340.00 | - | 5,340.00 |
30-Apr-08 | 2-001 | Accounts Payable | 8,990.00 | - | 8,990.00 |
Total | 14,330.00 | - | 14,330.00 | ||
Posting Acct | 1-505 | Land | |||
Date | Acct | Description | Debit | Credit | Net |
23-Apr-08 | 1-001 | Cash | 140,000.00 | - | 140,000.00 |
30-Apr-08 | 1-501 | Equipment | 12,000.00 | - | 12,000.00 |
Total | 152,000.00 | - | 152,000.00 |