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A manager at Stalemate, a chess business retailing chess boards and providing chess lessons, requires help with interpreting some of the accounting transactions that took place during the month of September 2020.

QUESTION 3

A manager at Stalemate, a chess business retailing chess boards and providing chess lessons, requires help with interpreting some of the accounting transactions that took place during the month of September 2020. The manager has provided you with a list of those transactions below.

Required:

Underneath each transaction in the space provided, write a brief narration describing the economic event that corresponds to that transaction.

Date

Account titles (Details)

Dr ($)

Cr ($)

2/9/2020

Cash

3,000

Accounts Receivable

2,500

GST Collected

500

Service Revenue

5,000

Answer here:

3/9/2020

Wages Payable

6,500

Cash

6,500

Answer here:

15/9/2020

Chess boards

10,000

GST Paid

1,000

Accounts Payable

5,000

Cash

5,100

Answer here:

30/9/2020

Accounts Payable

15,000

Bank Loan

15,000

Answer here:

30/9/2020

Rent Expense

2,000

Prepaid Rent

2,000

Answer here:

30/9/2020

Unearned Revenue

10,000

Service Revenue

10,000

Answer here:

In: Accounting

On January 1, 2020, Jens Corp. acquired 8%, $ 100,000 (face value) bonds of World Wide...

On January 1, 2020, Jens Corp. acquired 8%, $ 100,000 (face value) bonds of World Wide Ltd., to yield 9% for $95,517.20. The bonds were dated January 1, 2020, and mature on December 31, 2025, with interest payable each year on January 1. Jen intends to hold the bonds to maturity, and will use the FV–NI model and the effective-interest method of amortization of bond premium or discount. Assume that the fair market value of the bonds was equal to Jens investment’s book value in 2020, but in 2021, the fair market value of the bonds were $101,000 at the end of 2020.

Required:   (Round all answers to the nearest dollar.)

(1) Prepare an amortization schedule ‘proving’ the price that Jen paid for the bonds.

(2) Prepare the following entries in Jen's books:

a)      Acquisition of bonds on January 1, 2020,

b)      Year-end adjusting entry at December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2021.

c)      Receipt of the first interest payment on January 1, 2021.

d)      Any adjusting entry required at the end of 2020 in addition to the any journal entries recorded above.   

In: Accounting

Demand and supply. Show in a diagram the effect on the demand curve, the supply curve,...

Demand and supply. Show in a diagram the effect on the demand curve, the supply

curve, the equilibrium price and quantity of each of the following pairs of events.

a. The market for hand-sanitizers in New York at the beginning of April 2020.

i. The number of Covid-19 cases increases exponentially starting from 1st March 2020;

ii. On March 9, 2020 New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo allowed for state

production of hand-sanitizers.

b. The market for touristic services in Spain in Summer 2020.

i. The European Union imposes travel restrictions to free movement of people (for

leisure) due to the healthcare crisis following the Covid-19 pandemic.

ii. New cleaning protocols require higher standard of sanitization in hotels and public

places to prevent the coronavirus from spreading.

c. The market for real estate in Italy in Spring 2020.

i. Due to the severe restrictions imposed by the lockdown starting from 5th March 2020,

a growing number of families searched for homes with a garden;

ii. The lockdown period produced a GDP fall by 12.4% in second quarter 2020

In: Economics

Crane Company has a July 31 fiscal year end and uses a perpetual inventory system. The...

Crane Company has a July 31 fiscal year end and uses a perpetual inventory system. The records of Crane Company show the following data:

2021 2020 2019
Income statement:
    Sales $350,000 $325,000 $360,000
    Cost of goods sold 247,000 228,000 273,000
    Operating expenses 70,000 70,000 70,000
Balance sheet:
    Merchandise inventory 52,000 44,000 35,000

After its July 31, 2021, year end, Crane discovered two errors:

1. At July 31, 2020, Crane had $10,000 of goods held on consignment at another company that were not included in the physical count.
2. In July 2020, Crane recorded a $15,000 inventory purchase on account that should have been recorded in August 2020.

Prepare corrected income statements for Crane for the years ended July 31, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Calculate the incorrect and correct inventory turnover ratios for 2020 and 2021. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75.)

2020 2021
Incorrect inventory turnover times times
Correct inventory turnover

In: Accounting

Tamarisk Merchants reported the following on its income statement for the fiscal year ended December 31,...

Tamarisk Merchants reported the following on its income statement for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
2021 2020
Sales $495,160 $475,490
Cost of goods sold
    Beginning inventory 145,780 154,124
    Net purchases 346,090 322,660
    Ending inventory (138,874) (145,780)
Cost of goods sold 352,996 331,004
Gross profit 142,164 144,486
Operating expenses 87,568 89,168
Profit $54,596 $55,318

Calculate the inventory turnover ratio for Tamarisk for 2021 and 2020. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75.)

Calculate the days sales in inventory for Tamarisk for 2021 and 2020. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275 and use 365 days for calculation.)

Calculate the gross profit margin for Tamarisk for 2021 and 2020. (Round answers to 1 decimal place, e.g. 52.7%.)

Calculate the profit margin for Tamarisk for 2021 and 2020. (Round answers to 1 decimal place, e.g. 52.7%.)

For each ratio calculated in (a), (b), (c) and (d) above, identify if the ratio has improved or deteriorated from 2020 to 2021.

In: Accounting

For your fictitious healthcare service, you will create a balance sheet and income statement based upon...

For your fictitious healthcare service, you will create a balance sheet and income statement based upon the following financial transactions occurring during your start-up year:

6. May 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020: You use $30,000 in supplies to provide healthcare services to your patients each month. You record the use of supplies on the last day of each month.

7. June 1, 2020: You pay your suppliers $80,000 for supplies purchased on credit.

8. July 1, 2020: You receive payments from health insurance companies totaling $250,000.

9. August 1, 2020:

a. You purchase $160,000 of supplies on credit for use in caring for your patients.

b. You receive payments from health insurance companies totaling $320,000

10. September 1, 2020: You receive payments from health insurance companies totaling $225,000.

11. October 1, 2020: You receive payments from health insurance companies totaling $310,000.

In: Accounting

Blanchard Inc. acquired a packaging machine from CCC Corporation. CCC Corporation completed construction of the machine...

Blanchard Inc. acquired a packaging machine from CCC Corporation. CCC Corporation completed construction of the machine on January 1, 2020. In payment for the $5 million machine, Blanchard Inc. issued a three-year installment note to be paid in three equal payments at the end of each year. The payments include interest at the rate of 8%.

1. Prepare the journal entry for Blanchard’s purchase of the machine on January 1, 2020.

January 1, 2020:

2. Prepare the partial amortization schedule for the first two years of the 3-year installment note.

Amount of loan

÷ Present value of an ordinary annuity (PVA) of $1

Installment payment (rounded up to the nearest integer)

Date

Cash
Payment

Effective
Interest

Decrease in

Balance

Outstanding
Balance

1/1/2020

12/31/2020

12/31/2021

12/31/2022

Not required

Not required

Not required

Not required

3. Prepare the journal entry for the installment payments on December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021.

December 31, 2020:

December 31, 2021:

In: Accounting

Which one of the following types of securities has tended to produce the lowest real rate...

Which one of the following types of securities has tended to produce the lowest real rate of return for the period 1969 through 2010?

A. Real Estate

B. Long-term government bonds

C. Long-term corporate bonds

D. Stocks

E. U.S. Treasury bills

In: Finance

. The amount spent in billions for online ads per year is shown below. Construct a...

. The amount spent in billions for online ads per year is shown below. Construct a time series plot of the data and describe the trend. please help with graphing and explaining

year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
amount $68.4 $80.2 $94.2 $106.1 $119.8 $132.1

In: Statistics and Probability

What is the regression model for the data? Is this a good model? Year 2006 =...

What is the regression model for the data? Is this a good model?

Year 2006 = 8,860 Students

2007 = 9,056

2008 = 9,050

2009 = 9,429

2010 = 9,407

2011 = 9,352

2012 = 9,608

2013 = 10,107

2014 = 10,382

2015 = 10,340

2016 = 10,805

2017 = 11,034

2018 = 11,639

In: Statistics and Probability