Chapter 4: Q10RQ (page 216)
How could a worksheet help in preparing financial statements?
Answer
In the worksheet, income statement balance sheet accounts are reported with the balances. Lastly net income or loss under income statement section is entered into balance sheet.
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Grant Film Productions wishes to expand and has borrowed \(100,000. As a condition for making this loan, the bank requires that the business maintain a current ratio of at least 1.50. Business has been good but not great. Expansion costs have brought the current ratio down to 1.40 on December 15. Rita Grant, owner of the business, is considering what might happen if she reports a current ratio of 1.40 to the bank. One course of action for Grant is to record in December \)10,000 of revenue that the business will earn in January of next year. The contract for this job has been signed. Requirements 1. Journalize the revenue transaction, and indicate how recording this revenue in December would affect the current ratio. 2. Discuss whether it is ethical to record the revenue transaction in December. Identify the accounting principle relevant to this situation, and give the reasons underlying your conclusion.
The steps of the accounting cycle are presented below. Identify the correct order of the steps.
a. Journalize and post the closing entries.
b. Start with the beginning account balances.
c. Prepare the financial statements.
d. Compute the unadjusted balance in each account, and prepare the unadjusted trial balance.
e. Journalize and post adjusting entries.
f. Enter the unadjusted trial balance on the worksheet, and complete the worksheet (optional).
g. Prepare the adjusted trial balance.
h. Analyze and journalize transactions as they occur.
i. Post journal entries to the accounts.
j. Prepare the post-closing trial balance.
What is a classified balance sheet?
The unadjusted trial balance and adjustment data of Myla’s Motors at December 31, 2018, follow: Adjustment data at December 31, 2018: a. Depreciation on equipment, \(1,700. b. Accrued Wages Expense, \)1,300. c. Office Supplies on hand, \(400. d. Prepaid Insurance expired during December, \)250. Learning Objective 7 Appendix 4A Account Title Office Supplies Cash Debit Credit Accounts Receivable Prepaid Insurance Equiment Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment Accounts Payable Wages Payable Unearned Revenue Dividends Common Stock Service Revenue Depreciation Expense—Equipment Wages Expense Insurance Expense Utilities Expense Supplies Expense Total Balance \( 4,500 \) 90,900 5,700 4,300 19,300 17,200 26,100 1,000 1,500 \( 35,000 13,700 50,500 1,200 1,800 MYLA’S MOTORS Unadjusted Trial Balance December 31, 2018 \) 90, e. Unearned Revenue earned during December, \(4,200. f. Accrued Service Revenue, \)1,000. 2019 transactions: a. On January 4, Myla’s Motors paid wages of \(1,900. Of this, \)1,300 related to the accrued wages recorded on December 31. b. On January 10, Myla’s Motors received \(1,700 for Service Revenue. Of this, \)1,000 related to the accrued Service Revenue recorded on December 31. Requirements 1. Journalize adjusting entries. 2. Journalize reversing entries for the appropriate adjusting entries. 3. Refer to the 2019 data. Journalize the cash payment and the cash receipt that occurred in 2019.
What does the income statement report?
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