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Jones Widget Company (JWC) incorporated at the beginning of 2014. Below is the p

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Jones Widget Company (JWC) incorporated at the beginning of 2014. Below is the post closing trial balance as of 12/31/14.

Account Title

Balance

Cash

10,700

Accounts Receivable

12,300

Allowance for Doubtful Account

(685)

Inventory

12,300

Prepaid Rent

1,500

Equipment

25,000

Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment

(2,400)

Total assets

58,715

Sales Tax payable

800

FICA Taxes Payable

600

FIT (i.e., Federal Income) Taxes Payable

500

Wages Payable

1,600

Unearned Revenue

6,500

Interest Payable

440

Notes Payable

22,000

Common Stock

23,100

Retained Earning

3,175

Total liabilities + stockholders’ equity

58,715


Additional Information:

JWC establishes a policy that it will sell inventory at $130 per unit. Sales taxes are 5%.
JWC will use the FIFO method and record COGS on a perpetual basis.

Employee wages are $4,000 per month, the federal income taxes (FIT) withheld are $500 and the FICA taxes are $300 per month payable on the first (1st) and sixteenth (16th) of the month.

The Beginning inventory of $12,300 consists of 200 units.

The Prepaid Rent balance is for the month of January.

The equipment was purchased on July 1, 2014. It has a residual value of $1,000 and an expected life of five years. It is being depreciated using the straight line method.

Unearned Revenue is for 50 units ordered by two customers in late December. One order will be filled in January, the remainder in early February.

The Notes payable represents a $22,000 bank loan received on November 1 at 12% annual interest.

State unemployment taxes amount to $200 and Federal unemployment taxes amount to $250 per month.

Common stock includes 4,260 shares at $5 par value.

Round all transactions to the nearest dollar.

Below are transactions for January 2015

Jan 1:    A $100,000 6% six year bond is issued at 105.074. The market rate at issue of the bond is 5%.

Jan 1:    A truck (record as Truck) is purchased for $10,000 cash. It is estimated the truck will be used for 50,000 miles and will have no salvage value. The truck will be depreciated using the units-of-production method.

Jan 2:    Machinery (record as Furniture) is purchased for $120,000 cash. The machinery will be used for 8 years, has a salvage value of $8,000, and will be depreciated using the double-declining balance method.

Jan 3:    Paid December 31 payroll (“wages payable”) on Jan 1.

Jan 4:    Payroll taxes withheld (FIT payable & FICA payable) during December are remitted to the IRS.

Jan 5:    A $500 customer account is written off as uncollectible.

Jan 6:    Sales on account of 180 units of inventory occurred during January.

Jan 8:    Sales taxes collected in December 2014 are remitted to the local tax collector.

Jan 10: An additional 70 units of inventory were purchased on account for $4,410.

Jan 11: Sold 50 units of merchandise inventory for cash totaling $6,825, which includes 5% sales taxes.

Jan 12: The equipment purchased in 2014 for $25,000 is sold for $24,500. No additional depreciation is recorded for January.

Jan 14: Having sold the equipment, JWC paid off the equipment loan received on November 1 in full. The amount paid was $22,550, which included interest through Jan 14.

Jan 15: A portion of the advance order from December (30 units) is delivered. There is no sales tax on this order.

Jan 16: (a) Paid employee payroll (in cash).

Jan 16: (b) Record the employer’s payroll tax expense.

Jan 17: Collections from sales on account totaled $5,000.

Jan 18: JWC issued 2,500 shares of $3.60 par value common stock for cash at $8 per share.

Jan 19: JWC issued 300 shares of $12 par-value preferred stock for cash at $102 per share.

Jan 21: JWC Purchased 4,000 shares of its common stock for the treasury at a cost of $16,000.

Jan 25: JWC issued a second bond with a face value of $250,000, a stated rate of 10% (used to calculate interest payments), with a maturity of 4 years. At the time of issuance, the market rate (used to calculate the present values) for bonds of similar characteristics was 12%.

Jan 28: Declared and paid a $0.50 per share cash dividend on 2,400 shares of $5 par value.

Jan 30: Purchased a small company and recorded goodwill for $150,000. (Indefinite life – no record of amortization expense)

Below are transactions requiring adjusting entries for January 2015

AJE 1: Record depreciation expense for the truck (Truck) purchased on Jan 1 using the units-of-activity method. During January, the truck is driven 800 miles.

AJE 2: Record the depreciation expense for the machinery (Furniture) purchased on Jan 1.

AJE 3: Record January rent expired.

AJE 4: Accrue January 28 payroll, which will be paid on February 1 and the related payroll tax expense.

AJE 5: Record the accrual of interest expense on the bonds issued on Jan 1.

AJE 6: Record the accrual of interest expense on the bonds issued on Jan 25.

AJE 7: Record the accrual of bad debt expense assuming that $941 is the estimate of uncollectible receivables from the aging schedule.

AJE 8: Record the accrual of income tax expense assuming that the tax rate is 25% of income before taxes.

Special Note:

The chart of accounts for JWC, Inc. includes the following

CASH

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUTNS

INVENTORY

PREPAID RENT

EQUIPMENT

ACCUMMULATED DEPRECIATION_EQUIPMENT

TRUCK

ACCUMMULATED DEPRECIATION_TRUCK

FURNITURE

ACCUMMULATED DEPRECIATION_ FURNITURE

GOODWILL

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

SALES TAX PAYABLE

WAGES PAYABLE

FICA TAX PAYABLE

FIT TAX PAYABLE

UNEARNED REVENUE

INTEREST PAYABLE

INCOME TAX PAYABLE

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT TAX PAYABLE

FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX PAYABLE

NOTES PAYABLE

BONDS PAYABLE

PREMIUM ON BONDS PAYABLE

DISCOUNT ON BONDS PAYABLE

DIVIDENDS

COMMON STOCK

APIC-CS

PREFERRED STOCK

APIC-PS

TREASURY STOCK

RETAINED EARNINGS

SALES REVENUE

COGS

WAGES EXPENSE

RENT EXPENSE

PAYROLL TAX EXPENSE

DEPRECIATION EXPENSE

BAD DEBT EXPENSE

GAIN ON DISPOSAL

INTEREST EXPENSE

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

JWC, Inc.

Statement of Retained Earnings

For the period January 1 – January 31, 2015

RETAINED EARNINGS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD

ADD:  

LESS:

RETAINED EARNINGS, END OF PERIOD

Account Title

Balance

Cash

10,700

Accounts Receivable

12,300

Allowance for Doubtful Account

(685)

Inventory

12,300

Prepaid Rent

1,500

Equipment

25,000

Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment

(2,400)

Total assets

58,715

Sales Tax payable

800

FICA Taxes Payable

600

FIT (i.e., Federal Income) Taxes Payable

500

Wages Payable

1,600

Unearned Revenue

6,500

Interest Payable

440

Notes Payable

22,000

Common Stock

23,100

Retained Earning

3,175

Total liabilities + stockholders’ equity

58,715

Explanation / Answer

Inventory calculations Date Inflow Outflow Balance Units Rate Value 01-Jan Op/Inv 200 61.5 12300 200 61.5 12300 06-Jan 180 61.5 11070 20 61.5 1230 10-Jan 70 63 4410 20 61.5 1230 70 63 4410 11-Jan 20 61.5 1230 30 63 1890 40 63 2520 15-Jan 30 63 1890 10 63 630 Total 270 16710 260 16080 10 63 630 (COGS) (Cl.Inv.) JE for sale of eqpt. Debit Credit Cash 24500 Acc.depn 2400 Eqpt. 25000 Gain on sale 1900 Bond-2 PV=( PMT*(1-(1+r)^-n)/r)+(Fv/(1+r)^n) PV=(25000*(1-(1+0.12)^-4)/0.12)+(250000/(1+0.12)^4) 234813.3 Discount 15186.75 (carried on asset side of Balance sheet till amortised in full) Income Statement for Jan. 2015 Sales(30*130) 3900 Sales -Cash(50*130) 6500 Sales -Credit(180*130) 23400 33800 Less: COGS 16080 Gross Profit 17720 Less: Expenses Employee Wages 4000 Rent Expense 1500 Int. on Bank notes payable- 22000*12%/12/2 110 State unemployment taxes 200 Federal unemployment taxes 250 Mkt.Interest on bond105074*5%/12 438 Depreciation-Truck-10000/50000*800 160 Depreciation-Furniture(120000-8000)/8/12*200% 2333 Bad dedts(941+500-685) 756 Mkt.Interest on bond234813*12%/12 2348 Gain on sale of eqpt.(24500+2400-25000) -1900 12095 Net Income before Taxes 5625 Tax @ 25% 1406 Net Income after Tax 4219 Dividend 0.50*2400 shares 1200 Net Income after tax TRf. To Retained Earnings 3019 JWC, Inc. Statement of Retained Earnings For the period January 1 – January 31, 2015 RETAINED EARNINGS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD 3175 ADD:  Current month Net IAT 4219 LESS: Cash Dividends 1200 RETAINED EARNINGS, END OF PERIOD 6194