Prepare Journal Entries and Trial Balance Assignment
Preparing Adjusting Journal Entries; Adjusted Trial Balance and Financial Statements – prepare some t-accounts to calculate balances.
Wells Technical Institute (WTI), a school owned by Tristana Wells, provides training to individuals who pay tuition directly to the school. WTI also offers training to groups in off-site locations. Its unadjusted trial balance as of December 31 follows, along with descriptions of items a through h that require adjusting entries on December 31.
Additional Information
- An analysis of WTI’S insurance policies shows that $2,400 of coverage has expire
- An inventory count shows that teaching supplies costing $2,800 are available at year-end.
- Annual depreciation on the equipment is $13,200
- Annual depreciation on the professional library is $7,200
- On September 1, WTI agreed to do five training courses for a client at $2,500 each. Two courses will start immediately and finish before the end of the year. Three courses will not begin until next year. The client paid $12,500 cash in advance for all five training courses on September 1, and WTI credited Unearned Revenue.
- On October 15, WTI agreed to teach a four-month class (beginning immediately) for an executive with payment due at the end of the class. As December 31, $7,500 of the tuition revenue has been earned by WTI.
- WTI’s two employees are paid weekly. As of the end of the year, two days’ salaries have accrued at the rate of $100 per day for each employee.
- The balance in the Prepaid Rent account represents rent for December.
| WELLS TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
UNADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE December 31 |
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| Debit | Credit | |
| Cash | $34,000 | |
| Accounts Receivable
|
0 | |
| Teaching Supplies | 8,000 | |
| Prepaid Insurance | 12,000 | |
| Prepaid Rent | 3,000 | |
| Professional Library | 35,000 | |
| Accumulated depreciation – professional library | $10,000 | |
| Equipment | 80,000 | |
| Accumulaton depreciation – equipment | 15,000 | |
| Accounts payable | 26,000 | |
| Debit | Credit
|
|
| Salaries payable | 0 | |
| Unearned revenue | 12,500 | |
| T. Wells, Capital | 90,000 | |
| T. Wells, Withdrawals | 50,000 | |
| Tuition revenue | 123,900 | |
| Training revenue | 40,000 | |
| Depreciation expense – Professional Library | 0 | |
| Depreciation expense – equipment | 0 | |
| Salaries expense | 50,000 | |
| Insurance expense | 0 | |
| Rent expense | 33,000 | |
| Teaching supplies expense | 0 | |
| Advertising expense | 6,000 | |
| Utilities expense | 6,400 | |
|
Totals |
$317,400 |
$317,400 |
Required
Check (2e) Cr. Training Revenue, $5,000
(2f) Cr. Tuition Revenue, $7,500
(3) Adj. trial balance totals, $345,700
(4) Net income, $49,600
- Prepare T-Accounts (representing the ledger) with balances from the unadjusted trail balance.
- Prepare the necessary adjusting journal entries for items a through h and post them to the T-accounts. Assume that adjusting entries are made only at year-end.
