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Record Trail Balance: 1. Hazeltine purchases $500 of office supplies from Staple

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Question

Record Trail Balance:

1. Hazeltine purchases $500 of office supplies from Staples in January 2017 and receives an invoice when the materials are delivered. The invoice is approved by office services and forwarded to accounting for processing. Show the entry to be recorded in January 2017.

2. Verizon, which is a client, asks the company to do some market research on a new data plan it is considering offering to its customers related to the introduction of the iPhone X. Hazeltine prepares an estimate for $300,000 for the project which is estimated to take three months to complete.

The project begins on January 1, 2017 and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2017. Verizon approves the proposal and requests being billed on January 1st for the full $300,000. Show the entries to be recorded in January through March 2017 related to this project.

3. Verizon pays the $300,000 invoice on January 18, 2017. Show the entry to be recorded in January 2017 for this deposit.

4. The head of Hazeltine’s research department orders a one-year subscription to LexisNexis for $10,000 per month which must be paid a year in advance. The subscription begins on January 1, 2017 and extends to December 31, 2017. Show the entries to be recorded in January through March 2017.

5. Hazeltine pays the LexisNexis bill on January 12, 2017 for $120,000. Show the entry to be recorded in January 2017 reflecting this payment.

6. When Hazeltine closes the books for January 2107 they identify $15,000 of legal bills that have been incurred in January but not yet billed by the law firm. When Hazeltine closes the books for February 2017 the law firm has submitted bills for only $12,000. You receive assurance that the legal firm will be submitting the remaining $3,000 of charges relating to January work in February. Show the entries to be recorded in January and February.

7. In the January 2017 closing of the books, Hazeltine records depreciation of $18,000. Show the entry to be recorded in January 2017.

8. In January 2017 Hazeltine adds $3,000.00 to its reserve for bad debts. Show the entry to be recorded in January 2017.

9. On January 7, 2017 a customer sends a $16,000 check to Hazeltine to pay an outstanding invoice but asks the company to hold the check until they can get the funds into the bank to cover it. On January 10, 2017 Hazeltine deposits the check. On January 12, 2017 the bank calls to tell Hazeltine that the check was returned by the bank for insufficient funds. Show the entries to be recorded in January 2017 for each of these events.

10. In January 2017 Hazeltine transfers $800,000 from its operating account to its payroll account to cover the January payroll. Show the entry(s) to be recorded in January 2017.

Chart of account may be used:

Cash - Operating

Cash - Payroll

Cash - Money Market

Accounts Receivable

Accrued Revenue

Prepaid Expenses

Fixed Assets

Accumulated Depreciation

Accounts Payable

Accrued Expenses

Deferred Revenue

Reserve for Bad Debts

Capital Stock

Retained Earnings

Revenue - Market Research

Revenue - Public Relations

Staff Salaries

Payroll Taxes & Benefits

Serverance

Rent

Telecommunications

Supplies

Marketing

Professional Fees(Includes both legal and accounting fees)

Travel & Entertainment

Bad Debt Expense

Misc Expense

Depreciation Expense

Dues and Subscriptions.

Cash - Operating

Cash - Payroll

Cash - Money Market

Accounts Receivable

Accrued Revenue

Prepaid Expenses

Fixed Assets

Accumulated Depreciation

Accounts Payable

Accrued Expenses

Deferred Revenue

Reserve for Bad Debts

Capital Stock

Retained Earnings

Revenue - Market Research

Revenue - Public Relations

Staff Salaries

Payroll Taxes & Benefits

Serverance

Rent

Telecommunications

Supplies

Marketing

Professional Fees(Includes both legal and accounting fees)

Travel & Entertainment

Bad Debt Expense

Misc Expense

Depreciation Expense

Dues and Subscriptions.

Explanation / Answer

Journal entries :

Date                                                       particulars                                                                 Dr                                              Cr

1) Jan 2017                                               Purchases   A/c          Dr                                               $ 500

                                                                         To staples A/c $ 500

                                                           (being office supplies purchased from staples)

2) Jan 1st 2017                                  verizon A/c Dr                                                                   $ 3,00,000

                                                                      To Sales A/c                                                                                    $ 3,00,000

                                                        ( being market research service saled)

3) Jan 18th 2017                          Bank A/c Dr                                                                            $ 3,00,000

                                                        To Verizon A/c                                                                                            $ 3,00,000

                                                         ( being amount received)

4) Jan 31st 2017                           Subscriptions A/c Dr                                                                   $ 10,000

                                                              To Prepaid subscriptions                                                                              $ 10,000

                                                      ( being subscriptions given in advance)

5) Jan 12th 2017                        Prepaid subscriptions A/c                                                               $ 1,20,000

                                                      To Bank A/c                                                                                                 $ 1,20,000

                                                      (being subscription amount paid)

6) Jan 31 st 2017                      Legal Expenses A/c Dr                                                                 $ 15,000

                                                      To Legal Expenses Payable A/c                                                                 $ 15,000

                                                      (being expenses incurred but not yet billed)

28/02/2017                               Legal expenses A/c Dr                                                                $15,000

                                                      To outstsnding Expenses A/c                                                                           $15,000

                                                      (being expenses incurred but not paid

  

7) 31st jan 2017                          Depreciation A/c Dr                                                     $ 18,000

                                                                 To Asset A/c                                                                                                     $ 18,000

                                                         (being depreciation charged )

8) jan 2017                                   Profit and loss A/c Dr                                                      $ 3,00,000

                                                         To Reserve for bad debts A/c                                                              $ 3,00,000

                                                   (being Reserve for bad debts Created)   

9)    jan 10th 2017                      bank A/c Dr                                                                          $ 16,000

                                                         To Debtor A/c                                                                                                      $ 16,000

                                                         (being cheque deposited in bank)

Jan 12th 2017                                      Debtor A/c Dr                                                                  $ 16,000

                                                               To Bank A/c                                                                                             $ 16,000

                                                               (being cheque bounced)