Adjusting Entries Problems
Adjusting Entries Problems
Problem 2: Prepaid Insurance account began the year with a balance of Rs. 230. During the year,
insurance in the amount of Rs. 570 was purchased. At the end of the year March 31st, 2009 the amount
of insurance still unexpired was Rs. 350. Prepare the year end adjusting entry:
Problem 3: Wages are paid every Saturday for a five-day work week (Mon – Fri; two days are unpaid and
free). Wages are Rs. 2,000 per week. Prepare the adjusting entry on June 30, assuming July 1 falls on a
Wednesday:
Problem 4: At year end, unrecorded interest receivable from the Government bonds is Rs. 1,700.
Prepare the adjusting entry:
Problem 5: On July 3, a deposit in the amount of Rs. 5,000 was received for services to be performed. By
the end of the month, services in the amount of Rs. 1,200 were performed. Prepare journal entries for
the original receipt of the deposit and the adjusting entry on 31st July:
Problem 6: On October 4, Smith Company rendered services valued at Rs. 11,000. The client will pay for
the services November 1 and closing are done at the end of each month pass this transaction at the end
of period:
Problem 7: The Supplies asset account began the year with a balance of Rs. 190. During the year,
supplies in the amount of Rs. 490 were purchased. At the end of the year the inventory of supplies on
hand was Rs. 220. Prepare the year end adjusting entry:
Problem 8: The depreciation expense on office equipment for the month of March is Rs. 50. This is the
second month that the office Equipment, which cost Rs. 950, has been owned. Prepare the adjusting
entry for March and show the adjustment using written down method (WDM) for depreciation
recording.
Problem 9: Bad Debts during the year were Rs. 1,500. Pass journal entry by using direct write off
method for bad debt treatment.
Problem 10: During the year 2000, XYZ Company identified Rs. 16,000 of uncollectible Accounts
receivable and wrote them off. Prepare the journal entry for XYZ Company to write off Rs. 16,000 of
uncollectible Accounts receivable.
Problem 11: Prepare the journal entry for XYZ Company to estimates Rs. 17,000 of Bad debt expense for
the year 2017 by using allowance method for bad debt treatment.
Problem 12: Prepare the journal entries for ABC Company to record cash collections was Rs. 900 that
represented collections of Accounts receivable that had previously been written off.
Problem 13: Company reports the following financial information before adjustments:
Dr. Cr.
Accounts Receivable 100,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 2,000
Sales (all on credit) 900,000
Problem 14: Prepare adjusting journal entries for the year ended December 31, 2010, for each of these
separate situations. Assume that prepaid expenses are initially recorded in asset accounts. Also assume
that fees collected in advance of work are initially recorded as liabilities:
Problem 15: The following information is available as a source for preparing adjusting entries at
December 31, 2016 for the AR Khan Country Club:
a. Salaries earned by club’s employees that have not yet been recorded or paid amount to Rs.
17,500.
b. Depreciation of the country club’s equipment is based on an estimated life of 10 years by WDM.
The equipment had originally been purchased for Rs. 180,000. The straight-line method is used.
c. A 12-month bank loan in the amount of Rs. 50,000 had been obtained by the country club on
October 1. Interest is computed at an annual rate of 12%. The entire Rs. 50,000, plus all of the
interest accrued over the 12-month life of the loan, is due in full on September 30 of the
upcoming year. The necessary adjusting entry was made on November 30 to record the first
two months of accrued interest expense. However, no adjustment has been made to record
interest expense accrued in December.
d. Unrecorded Income Taxes Expense accrued in December amounts to Rs. 1,700. This amount will
not be paid until January 15.
Depreciation
Problem 2
Prepayments
Unadjusted Trial Balance
December 31, 2018
Prepaid Rent 30,000
Prepaid Insurance 7,500
Supplies
Unadjusted Trial Balance
Problem 3: On January 1, 2019, Gong Cha Inc. purchased a Milk Tea Machine at a purchase price of
P500,000. It also paid freight of P10,000; insurance while the machine was in transit at P15,000; and
installation costs at their establishment of P5,000. The machine had a residual value of P30,000. The
estimated useful life:
Years 10 years
Service Hours 50,000 hours
Production 100,000 milk teas
Actual Operations Service Hours Production
2019 15,000 30,000
2020 5,000 40,000
2021 10,000 10,000
Doubtful Accounts
Problem 1: Township Co., a medium-sized enterprise located in Tacloban City, has the following
information at the end of its operations for the year 2019:
Cash Revenue P100,000
Credit Revenue P5,500,000
Total Revenue P5,600,000
Accounts Receivable, end P1,200,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, beg P50,000
a. Prepare the journal entry to record the Doubtful Accounts Expense for 2019 if the company
estimated that 10% based on revenue is considered to be uncollectible.
b. Prepare the journal entry to record the Doubtful Accounts Expense for 2019 if the company
estimated that 15% based on AR is considered to be uncollectible.