ACC 301, Sections 010 and 011

Account Balance and Financial Statement Classification Exercise

Summer 2013

For each of the following accounts, state its normal balance (debit or credit) and its category on a company’s classified financial statements as follows:

Current assets CA

Long term investments LTI

Property, plant and equipment PPE

Intangible assets IA

Current liabilities CL

Long term liabilities LTL

Stockholders’ equity SE

Sales Sales

Cost of goods sold CGS

Selling expenses Sell Ex

Administrative expenses Adm Ex

Other revenues and gains OR

Other expenses and losses OE

Income tax expense ITE

If the account is a contra account, place brackets around the account name. Assume the company is a retail store and has a December 31, 2012 year end.

Account Normal Balance
(DR or CR)
Financial Statement Classification
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Accumulated depreciation
Additional paid in capital in excess of par –
common stock
Additional paid in capital in excess of par –
preferred stock
Advertising expense
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Available for sale securities
Bad debt expense
Bonds payable, due 6/30/20
Bond sinking fund
Building
Cash
Cash surrender value of life insurance
Common stock
Copyright
Cost of goods sold
Depreciation expense selling
Depreciation expense office
Discount on bonds payable
Dividend revenue
Dividends
Dividends payable

Account Normal Balance
(DR or CR)
Financial Statement Classification
Office supplies expense
Equipment
Franchise
Freight in
Freight out
Gain on sale of equipment
Goodwill
Held to maturity securities
Income taxes payable
Interest expense
Interest payable
Interest receivable
Interest revenue
Inventory
Land
Land held for speculation
Loss on sale of land
Note payable, due 9/30/13
Note payable, due 4/30/19
Note receivable, due 6/15/13
Office supplies
Patents
Preferred stock
Premium on bonds payable
Prepaid insurance
Prepaid rent
Purchases
Purchase discounts
Purchase returns and allowances
Rent expense
Rent revenue
Retained earnings
Salaries and wages expense officers
Salaries and wages expense office
Salaries and wages payable
Sales commissions expense
Sales revenue
Sales returns and allowances
Sales discounts
Trading securities
Trademark
Treasury stock
Unearned sales revenue
Utilities expense
Wages expense
Wages payable

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