Alison Co., pays its employees every Friday for work performedthrough that Friday. Alison employees work Monday through Friday.They do not work on weekends. The gross payroll for Alison is$10,000 each week. Alison will pay its employees $10,000 on Friday,April 3rd. This payroll is for wages earned Monday March 30ththrough Friday April 3rd. How much of the $10,000 paid on April 3rdshould be expensed in April?
Alison Co., pays its employees every Friday for work performedthrough that Friday. Alison employees work Monday through Friday.They do not work on weekends. The gross payroll for Alison is$10,000 each week. Alison will pay its employees $10,000 on Friday,April 3rd. This payroll is for wages earned Monday March 30ththrough Friday April 3rd. How much of the $10,000 paid on April 3rdshould be expensed in April?
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Pratt/Julian Barbeque is a small restaruant in Columbia,Missouri. They employ four part time employees earning $48 each perday.
Their employees are paid every Friday and the financial statementsof the business are prepared at the end of each month. The businessis only open Monday through Friday to serve the nearby factoryworkers during their lunch breaks.
This year June 30 fell on a Thursday and the financial statementswere prepared as normal. Would Pratt/Julian need to prepare anyadjusting entries regarding the part-time employees' payroll, andif so for how much?
A. | Absolutely not, Pratt/Julian should prepare payroll checks upthrough the Thursday month end date and then process a smallerpayroll check on Friday for one day's wages. | |||||||||||||
B. | Absolutely, an adjustment for $352 needs to be recorded for theJune month end. | |||||||||||||
C. | Absolutely, Pratt/Julian need to record an adjusting entry forthe last four working days of the month in the amount of $768 as anaccrual, showing that the amount is owed to employees even thoughit will be paid the next day. | |||||||||||||
D. | None of the other answers | |||||||||||||
E. | Absolutely not, the month end is close enough to the actualpayroll date (Friday) that an adjustment for the month end isn'tneeded. Part 2. Which of the following transactions would be recorded in aPurchases Journal.
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URGENT PLEASE Arnez Co. follows the practice of recording prepaid expenses and unearned revenues in balance sheet accounts. The companyâs annual accounting period ends on December 31, 2015. The following information concerns the adjusting entries to be recorded as of that date. |
a. | The Office Supplies account started the year with a $4,275 balance. During 2015, the company purchased supplies for $17,656, which was added to the Office Supplies account. The inventory of supplies available at December 31, 2015, totaled $3,762. |
b. | An analysis of the company's insurance policies provided the following facts. |
Policy | Date of Purchase | Months of Coverage | Cost | |
A | April 1, 2014 | 24 | $ | 11,256 |
B | April 1, 2015 | 36 | 10,080 | |
C | August 1, 2015 | 12 | 8,856 | |
The total premium for each policy was paid in full (for all months) at the purchase date, and the Prepaid Insurance account was debited for the full cost. (Year-end adjusting entries for Prepaid Insurance were properly recorded in all prior years.) | |
c. | The company has 15 employees, who earn a total of $2,400 in salaries each working day. They are paid each Monday for their work in the five-day workweek ending on the previous Friday. Assume that December 31, 2015, is a Tuesday, and all 15 employees worked the first two days of that week. Because New Yearâs Day is a paid holiday, they will be paid salaries for five full days on Monday, January 6, 2016. |
d. | The company purchased a building on January 1, 2015. It cost $640,000 and is expected to have a $45,000 salvage value at the end of its predicted 20-year life. Annual depreciation is $29,750. |
e. | Since the company is not large enough to occupy the entire building it owns, it rented space to a tenant at $3,100 per month, starting on November 1, 2015. The rent was paid on time on November 1, and the amount received was credited to the Rent Earned account. However, the tenant has not paid the December rent. The company has worked out an agreement with the tenant, who has promised to pay both December and January rent in full on January 15. The tenant has agreed not to fall behind again. |
f. | On November 1, the company rented space to another tenant for $2,809 per month. The tenant paid five months' rent in advance on that date. The payment was recorded with a credit to the Unearned Rent account. |
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Record the adjusting entry related to the company's insurance
2) The company has 15 employees, who earn a total of $2,400 in salaries each working day. They are paid each Monday for their work in the five-day workweek ending on the previous Friday. Assume that December 31, 2015, is a Tuesday, and all 15 employees worked the first two days of that week. Because New Yearâs Day is a paid holiday, they will be paid salaries for five full days on Monday, January 6, 2016.
3)The company purchased a building on January 1, 2015. It cost $640,000 and is expected to have a $45,000 salvage value at the end of its predicted 20-year life. Annual depreciation is $29,750.
4)Since the company is not large enough to occupy the entire building it owns, it rented space to a tenant at $3,100 per month, starting on November 1, 2015. The rent was paid on time on November 1, and the amount received was credited to the Rent Earned account. However, the tenant has not paid the December rent. The company has worked out an agreement with the tenant, who has promised to pay both December and January rent in full on January 15. The tenant has agreed not to fall behind again.
5)On November 1, the company rented space to another tenant for $2,809 per month. The tenant paid five months' rent in advance on that date. The payment was recorded with a credit to the Unearned Rent account
6)Record payment of accrued and current salaries.
7)Record the receipt of two months rent.
Arnez Co. follows the practice of recording prepaid expenses andunearned revenues in balance sheet accounts. The companyâs annualaccounting period ends on December 31, 2013. The followinginformation concerns the adjusting entries to be recorded as ofthat date.
a. | The Office Supplies account started the year with a $2,800balance. During 2013, the company purchased supplies for $11,564,which was added to the Office Supplies account. The inventory ofsupplies available at December 31, 2013, totaled $2,464. |
b. | An analysis of the company's insurance policies provided thefollowing facts. |
Policy | Date ofPurchase | Months ofCoverage | Cost | |
A | April 1, 2012 | 24 | $ | 10,464 |
B | April 1, 2013 | 36 | 9,216 | |
C | August 1, 2013 | 12 | 8,064 | |
The total premium for each policy was paid in full (for allmonths) at the purchase date, and the Prepaid Insurance account wasdebited for the full cost. (Year-end adjusting entries for PrepaidInsurance were properly recorded in all prior years.) |
c. | The company has 15 employees, who earn a total of $2,500 insalaries each working day. They are paid each Monday for their workin the five-day workweek ending on the previous Friday. Assume thatDecember 31, 2013, is a Tuesday, and all 15 employees worked thefirst two days of that week. Because New Yearâs Day is a paidholiday, they will be paid salaries for five full days on Monday,January 6, 2014. |
d. | The company purchased a building on January 1, 2013. It cost$870,000 and is expected to have a $45,000 salvage value at the endof its predicted 25-year life. Annual depreciation is $33,000. |
e. | Since the company is not large enough to occupy the entirebuilding it owns, it rented space to a tenant at $2,100 per month,starting on November 1, 2013. The rent was paid on time on November1, and the amount received was credited to the Rent Earned account.However, the tenant has not paid the December rent. The company hasworked out an agreement with the tenant, who has promised to payboth December and January rent in full on January 15. The tenanthas agreed not to fall behind again. |
f. | On November 1, the company rented space to another tenant for$1,903 per month. The tenant paid five months' rent in advance onthat date. The payment was recorded with a credit to the UnearnedRent account. |
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1. | Use the information to prepare adjusting entries as of December31, 2013. |
Adjustingentries (all dated December 31, 2013). |