Conrad Playground Supply underwent a restructuring in 2016. The company conducte

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Conrad Playground Supply underwent a restructuring in 2016. The company conducted a thorough internal audit, during which the following facts were discovered. The audit occurred during 2016 before any adjusting entries or closing entries are prepared.

Additional computers were acquired at the beginning of 2014 and added to the company’s office network. The $46,500 cost of the computers was inadvertently recorded as maintenance expense. Computers have five-year useful lives and no material salvage value. This class of equipment is depreciated by the straight-line method.

Two weeks prior to the audit, the company paid $18,500 for assembly tools and recorded the expenditure as office supplies. The error was discovered a week later.

On December 31, 2015, merchandise inventory was understated by $81,000 due to a mistake in the physical inventory count. The company uses the periodic inventory system.

Two years earlier, the company recorded a 4% stock dividend (2,300 common shares, $1 par) as follows:

At the end of 2015, the company failed to accrue $110,000 of interest expense that accrued during the last four months of 2015 on bonds payable. The bonds, which were issued at face value, mature in 2020. The following entry was recorded on March 1, 2016, when the semiannual interest was paid:

A three-year liability insurance policy was purchased at the beginning of 2015 for $72,900. The full premium was debited to insurance expense at the time.

For each error, prepare any journal entry necessary to correct the error as well as any year-end adjusting entry for 2016 related to the situation described. (Ignore income taxes.) (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Conrad Playground Supply underwent a restructuring in 2016. The company conducted a thorough internal audit, during which the following facts were discovered. The audit occurred during 2016 before any adjusting entries or closing entries are prepared.

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Transaction General Journal Debit Credit a(1) Equipment 46,500 Accumulated depreciation 18,600 Retained earnings 27,900 a(2) Depreciation expense 9,300 Accumulated depreciation 9,300 b(1) Cash 18,500 Office supplies 18,500 b(2) Tools 18,500 Cash 18,500 c(1) Inventory 81,000 Retained earnings 81,000 c(2) No journal entry required d(1) Retained earnings 25,300 Paid­in capital—excess of par 25,300 d(2) No journal entry required e(1) Retained earnings 110,000 Interest expense 110,000 e(2) Interest expense 110,000 Interest payable 110,000 f(1) Prepaid insurance 48,600 Retained earnings 48,600 f(2) Insurance expense 24,300 Prepaid insurance 24,300

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