ACT301-Midterm Exam-Fall2020
ACT301-Midterm Exam-Fall2020
Life will give you many options, but today you have to “Answer all the questions”
1) Lali Company is a pesticide manufacturer. Its sales declined greatly this year due to the
passage of legislation outlawing the sale of several of Ali’s chemical pesticides. In the
coming year, Lali will have environmentally safe and competitive chemicals to replace
these discontinued products. Sales in the next year are expected to greatly exceed any
prior years. The decline in sales and profits appears to be a one-year aberration. But even
so, the company president fears a large dip in the current year’s profits. She believes that
such a dip could cause a significant drop in the market price of Lali’s stock and make the
company a takeover target to avoid this possibility, the company president calls in Nila
Rahman, controller, to discuss this period’s year-end adjusting entries. He urges her to
accrue every possible revenue and to defer as many expenses as possible. She says to
Nila, “We need the revenues this year, and next year can easily absorb expenses deferred
from this year. We can’t let our stock price be hammered down!” Cathi didn’t get around
to recording the adjusting entries until January 17, but she dated the entries December 31
as if they were recorded then. Nila also made every effort to comply with the president’s
request.
Instructions [5]
a) (i) Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
(ii) What are the ethical considerations of (1) the president’s request and (2) Nila’s
dating the adjusting entries December 31?
(b) Maria Rahman, a beginning accounting student, believes debit balances are favorable
and credit balances are unfavorable. Is Maria correct? Discuss.
(c) “The terms debit and credit mean increase and decrease, respectively.” Do you agree?
Explain.
(d) When entering a transaction in the journal, should the debit or credit be written first?
Which should be indented, the debit or credit?
(e) Why do accrual-basis financial statements provide more useful information than cash-
basis statements?
2) Maria Enterprises had a capital balance of $160,000 at the beginning of the period. At the [2]
end of the accounting period, the capital balance was $190,000.
(a) Assuming no additional investment or withdrawals during the period, what is the net
income for the period?
3) Rima started her own consulting firm, “X” Consulting, on May 1, 2020. The following [7]
transactions occurred during the month of May.
Instructions
(a) Show the effects of the previous transactions on the accounting equation using the
following (Tabular Form)
5) 3. Zara River Resort opened for business on March 1, 2020 with eight air conditioned [4]
units. Its trial balance before adjustment on May 31,2020 is as follows:
1 Cash 65,600
2 Supplies 4,300
4 Land 25,000
5 Cottages 1,05,000
6 Furniture 26,000
2,53,000 2,53,000
Other information: (1) Insurance policy is for 4 years (2) Account on August 31 Shows
Tk.800 of supplies has now on hand (3) Furniture has 3 years life with no salvage value
which cost is Tk 26,000 (4)Tk. 6,500 of the balance in the unearned rent revenue account
remain unearned at the end of the month. (5) Utility expense is accrued Tk. 2000 per
month (6) Rentals of Tk. 3200 were due from tenants at May 31 (7) The mortgage interest
rate is 5% per year. (The mortgage was taken out on May 1)
Instructions:
Prepare the adjusting journal entries