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Financial statements can be prepared directly from the information in the adjusted trial balance.

Tony’s TV Repairs receives $1,500 from a client billed in a previous month for services provided. Which of the following general journal entries will Tony’s TV Repairs make to record this transaction?

Andrea Apple opened Apple Photography on January 1 of the current year. During January, the following transactions occurred and were recorded in the company’s books: Andrea invested $13,500 cash in the business in exchange for common stock. Andrea contributed $20,000 of photography equipment to the business. The company paid $2,100 cash for an insurance policy covering the next 24 months. The company received $5,700 cash for services provided during January. The company purchased $6,200 of office equipment on credit. The company provided $2,750 of services to customers on account. The company paid cash of $1,500 for monthly rent. The company paid $3,100 on the office equipment purchased in transaction #5 above. Paid $275 cash for January utilities. Based on this information, the balance in the cash account at the end of January would be:

In preparing statements from the adjusted trial balance, the balance sheet must be prepared first.

A company pays its employees $4,000 each Friday, which amounts to $800 per day for the five-day workweek that begins on Monday. If the monthly accounting period ends on Thursday and the employees worked through Thursday, the amount of salaries earned but unpaid at the end of the accounting period is:

After posting the entries to close all revenue and expense accounts, the Income Summary account of Cleaver Auto Services has a $4,000 debit balance. This result implies that Cleaver earned a net income of $4,000.

Knoll Company purchases a machine at the beginning of the year at a cost of $60,000. The machine is depreciated using the straight-line method. The machine’s useful life is estimated to be 4 years with a $5,000 salvage value. The book value of the machine at the end of year 4 is:

A company’s month-end adjusting entry for Insurance Expense is $1,000. If this entry is not made then expenses are understated by $1,000 and net income is overstated by $1,000.

A company purchased a new delivery van at a cost of $45,000 on July 1. The delivery van is estimated to have a useful life of 6 years and a salvage value of $3,000. The company uses the straight-line method of depreciation. How much depreciation expense will be recorded for the van during the first year ended December 31?

Miami Mining acquires a granite quarry at a cost of $590,000, which is estimated to contain 200,000 tons of granite and is expected to take 6 years to remove. Compute the depletion expense for the first year assuming 38,000 tons were removed and sold.