Listed below are a few transactions and events of Piper Company. 1. Piper Company records a year-end entry for $10,000 of previously unrecorded cash sales (costing $5,000) and its sales taxes at a rate of 4%. 2. The company earned $50,000 of $125,000 previously received in advance and originally recorded as unearned services revenue. Prepare any necessary adjusting entries at December 31, 2017, for Piper Company's year-end financial statements for each of the above separate transactions and events. (Piper has the policy of recording cash received in advance in balance sheet accounts.)
Listed below are a few transactions and events of Piper Company. 1. Piper Company records a year-end entry for $10,000 of previously unrecorded cash sales (costing $5,000) and its sales taxes at a rate of 4%. 2. The company earned $50,000 of $125,000 previously received in advance and originally recorded as unearned services revenue. Prepare any necessary adjusting entries at December 31, 2017, for Piper Company's year-end financial statements for each of the above separate transactions and events. (Piper has the policy of recording cash received in advance in balance sheet accounts.)
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Following are three separate transactions that pertain to prepaid items. Evaluate each item and prepare the journal entries that would be needed for the initial recording and subsequent end-of-20X3 adjusting entry. Assume the company uses the balance sheet approach, and the initial recording is to an asset account. The company has a calendar year-end and does not make any adjusting entries prior to December 31.
| (1) | The company purchased an 18-month insurance policy for $18,000 on June 1, 20X3. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (2) | The company started 20X3 with $20,000 in supplies (this was previously recorded, and you do not need to make an entry for the beginning balance), purchased $30,000 in supplies during the year, and found only $13,000 in supplies on hand at the end of 20X3. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (3) | The company paid $2,500 to rent a truck. The rental period began on December 16, 20X3, and ends on February 14, 20X4.
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