Exam 3: The Adjusting Process

Match the type of account (a - e) with the business transactions that follow. -Received 6 months of rental payments from a tenant. A)Prepaid expense B)Accrued expense C)Unearned revenue D)Accrued revenue E)None of these

By matching revenue earned during the accounting period to related incurred expenses

Which of the following is the proper adjusting entry, based on a prepaid insurance account balance before adjustment of $14,000 and unexpired insurance of $3,000, for the fiscal year ending on April 30?

Revenues and expenses should be recorded in the same period to which they relate.

A company pays $36,000 for twelve months' rent on October 1, recording the prepayment as an asset. The adjusting entry on December 31 is a debit to Rent Expense, $9,000, and a credit to Prepaid Rent, $9,000.

As time passes, fixed assets other than land lose their capacity to provide useful services. To account for this decrease in usefulness, the cost of fixed assets is systematically allocated to expense through a process called

The accounting principle upon which deferrals and accruals are based is

The balance of the building account is $4,500,000, and the balance in the accumulated depreciation-building account is $2,400,000. What is the book value of the equipment?

On January 1, DogMart Company purchased a two-year liability insurance policy for $22,800 cash. The purchase was recorded to Prepaid Insurance. Prepare the January 31 adjusting entry.

The net book value of a fixed asset is determined by the original cost

A business pays biweekly salaries of $20,000 every other Friday for a ten-day period ending on that day. The adjusting entry necessary at the end of the fiscal period ending on the second Wednesday of the pay period includes a

The prepaid insurance account had a beginning balance of $6,600 and was debited for $2,300 for premiums paid during the year. Journalize the adjusting entry required at the end of the year, assuming the amount of unexpired insurance related to future periods is $4,100.

Identify the effect (a - h) that omitting each of the following items would have on the balance sheet.a.Assets and stockholders' equity overstated b.Assets and stockholders' equity understated c.Assets overstated and stockholders' equity understated d.Assets understated and stockholders' equity overstated e.Liabilities and stockholders' equity overstated f.Liabilities and stockholders' equity understated g.Liabilities overstated and stockholders' equity understated h.Liabilities understated and stockholders' equity overstated -An attorney has earned 1/2 of a retainer fee that was received and recorded last month. No adjustment was recorded for the amount earned.

The supplies account had a balance of $4,400 at the beginning of the year and was debited during the year for $2,400, representing the total of supplies purchased during the year. If $400 of supplies are on hand at the end of the year, the supplies expense to be reported on the income statement for the year is

At the end of the fiscal year, the following adjusting entries were omitted: (a)No adjusting entry was made to transfer the $1,750 of prepaid insurance from the asset account to the expense account.(b)No adjusting entry was made to record accrued fees of $525 for services provided to customers.Assuming that financial statements are prepared before the errors are discovered, indicate the effect of each error, considered individually, by inserting the dollar amount in the appropriate spaces. Insert "0" if the error does not affect the item.

Which one of the accounts below would likely be included in an accrual adjusting entry?

If the effect of the debit portion of an adjusting entry is to increase the balance of an expense account, which of the following describes the effect of the credit portion of the entry?

The supplies account had a beginning balance of $1,750. Supplies purchased during the period totaled $3,500. At the end of the period before adjustment, $350 of supplies were on hand. Prepare the adjusting entry for supplies.

The balance in the prepaid rent account before adjustment at the end of the year is $32,000, which represents four months' rent paid on December 1. The adjusting entry required on December 31 is

Which of the following pairs of accounts could not appear in the same adjusting entry?