Preparing adjusting entries; preparing an adjusted trial balance; and preparing financial statements from an adjusted trial balance This problem continues the Draper Consulting, Inc., Start from the trial balance and the posted T accounts that Draper Consulting, Inc., prepared at December 18, 2012, as follows:

DRAPER CONSULTING, INC.

Trial Balance

December 18, 2012

 

 

Balance

Account Title

Debit

Credit

Cash

$ 16,500

 

Accounts receivable

1,500

 

Supplies

900

 

Equipment

1,800

 

Accumulated depreciation—equipment

 

 

Furniture

4,200

 

Accumulated depreciation—furniture

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$ 5,100

Salary payable

 

 

Unearned service revenue

 

 

Common stock

 

18,000

Retained earnings

 

 

Dividends

 

 

Service revenue

 

2,600

Rent expense

550

 

Utilities expense

250

 

Salary expense

 

 

Depreciation expense—equipment

 

 

Depreciation expense—furniture

 

 

Supplies expense

 

 

Total

$25,700

$25,700

Later in December, the business completed these transactions, as follows:

 

Dec 21

Received $1,400 in advance for client service to be performed evenly over the next 30 days.

21

Hired a secretary to be paid $2,055 on the 20th day of each month. The secretary begins work immediately.

26

Paid $450 on account.

28

Collected $300 on account.

30

Paid cash dividends of $1,400.

Requirements

1. Open these additional T accounts: Accumulated depreciation—equipment; Accumulated depreciation—furniture; Salary payable; Unearned service revenue; Depreciation expense—equipment; Depreciation expense—furniture; Supplies expense.

2. Journalize the transactions of December 21–30.

3. Post to the T accounts, keying all items by date.

4. Prepare a trial balance at December 31. Also set up columns for the adjustments and for the adjusted trial balance,..

5. At December 31, the business gathers the following information for the adjusting entries:

  1. Accrued service revenue, $550.
  2. Earned $700 of the service revenue collected in advance on December 21.
  3. Supplies on hand, $200.
  4. Depreciation expense—equipment, $30; furniture, $70.
  5. Accrued $685 expense for secretary’s salary.

On your worksheet, make these adjustments directly in the adjustments columns, and complete the adjusted trial balance at December 31. Throughout the book, to avoid rounding errors, we base adjusting entries on 30 day months and 360 day years.

6. Journalize and post the adjusting entries. In the T accounts, denote each adjusting amount as Adj and an account balance as Bal.

7. Prepare the income statement and the statement of retained earnings of Draper Consulting for the month ended December 31, 2012, and prepare the balance sheet at that date.