Chapter 2 Class Exercises - 201
Chapter 2 Class Exercises - 201
E 2-4 Boilermaker House Painting Company incurs the following transactions for September.
1. Paint houses in the current month for $15,000 on account.
2. Purchase painting equipment for $16,000 cash.
3. Purchase office supplies on account for $2,500.
4. Pay employee salaries of $3,200 for the current month.
5. Purchase advertising to appear in the current month, $1,200.
6. Pay office rent of $4,400 for the current month.
7. Receive $10,000 from customers in (1) above.
8. Receive cash of $5,000 in advance from a customer who plans to have his house painted in
the following month.
Required: For each transaction, describe the dual effect on the accounting equation. For
example, for the first transaction, (1) assets increase and (2) stockholders’ equity increases.
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E 2-7 Below are several external transactions for Hokies Company. Indicate which accounts
should be debited and which should be credited.
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E 2-11 Bearcat Construction begins operations in March and has the following transactions.
Required: Record each transaction. Bearcat uses the following accounts: Cash, Accounts
Receivable, Equipment, Notes Payable, Common Stock, Service Revenue, Advertising Expense,
and Salaries Expense.
March 15 Purchase advertising for the current month for $1,100 cash.
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Required: Post each transaction to T-accounts and compute the ending balance of each
account. The beginning balance of each account before the transactions is: Cash, $3,400;
Accounts Receivable, $4,200; Supplies, $400; Accounts Payable, $3,500; Deferred Revenue,
$300. Service Revenue and Advertising Expense each have a beginning balance of zero.
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E 2-17 Below is the complete list of accounts of Sooner Company and the related balance at the
end of April. All accounts have their normal debit or credit balance. Cash, $3,900; Prepaid Rent,
$7,400; Accounts Payable, $4,300; Common Stock, $40,000; Service Revenue, $25,400; Salaries
Expense, $8,200; Accounts Receivable, $6,100; Land, $60,000; Deferred Revenue, $2,300;
Retained Earnings, $23,000; Supplies Expense, $9,400.
Required: Prepare a trial balance with the list of accounts in the following order: assets,
liabilities, stockholders’ equity, revenues, and expenses.
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E 2-20 Boilermaker House Painting Company incurs the following transactions for September.
1. Paint houses in the current month for $20,000 on account.
2. Purchase painting equipment for $21,000 cash.
3. Purchase office supplies on account for $3,500.
4. Pay employee salaries of $4,200 for the current month.
5. Purchase advertising to appear in the current month for $1,000 cash.
6. Pay office rent of $5,400 for the current month.
7. Receive $15,000 from customers in (1) above.
8. Receive cash of $6,000 in advance from a customer who plans to have his house painted
in the following month.
Required:
1. Record each transaction. Boilermaker uses the following accounts: Cash, Accounts
Receivable, Supplies, Equipment, Accounts Payable, Deferred Revenue, Common Stock,
Retained Earnings, Service Revenue, Salaries Expense, Advertising Expense, and Rent
Expense.
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2. Post each transaction to T-accounts and compute the ending balance of each account.
At the beginning of September, the company had the following account balances: Cash,
$46,100; Accounts Receivable, $1,700; Supplies, $500; Equipment, $7,400; Accounts
Payable, $1,200; Common Stock, $25,000; Retained Earnings, $29,500. All other
accounts had a beginning balance of zero.
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3. After calculating the ending balance of each account, prepare a trial balance.