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Roshaun Gould a web consulting firm called Gould Solutions. He began operations started and completed seven transactions in April that resulted in the following accounts, which all have normal balances.

Cash ………………………………………. $20,000

Office supplies ……………………………….. 750

Prepaid rent ………………………………… 1,800

Office equipment …………………………. 12,250

Accounts payable ………………………… 12,250

Common stock ……………………………. 15,000

Dividends ……………………………………. 5,200

Consulting fees earned ………………….. 20,400

Miscellaneous expenses ………………….. 7,650

Required

1. Prepare a trial balance for this business as of the end of April.

Short Answer

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The total of trial balance matches at $47,650.

Step by step solution

01

Account number and balance type

In the given case, there are 9 accounts listed, out of those 6 accounts have debit balances and the rest 3 of them have a credit balance. These accounts have been listed in the trial balance in step 2.

02

Trial Balance                                                                                                       

Karla Tanner

Trial Balance

April 30

Debit

Credit

Cash

$ 20,000

Office Supplies

750

Prepaid Rent

1,800

Office Equipment

12,250

Accounts Payable

$ 12,250

Common Stock

15,000

Dividends

5,200

Consulting Fees Earned

20,400

Miscellaneous Expenses

7,650

Total

$ 47,650

$ 47,650

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1. Form learning teamsof six (or more) members. Each team member must select one of the six components, and each team must have at least one expert on each component: (a) assets, (b) liabilities, (c) common stock, (d) dividends, (e) revenues, and ( f) expenses.

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At the beginning of April, Bernadette Grechus launched a custom computer solutions company called Softworks. The company had the following transactions during April.

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q. The company paid $750 cash for advertisements on the web during April.

Required

1. Prepare general journal entries to record these transactions (use account titles listed in part 2).

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