Prepaid Items On Financial Statements

Exercise 2-15A

Prepaid items on financial statements

Life, Inc., experienced the following events in 2016, its first year of operation:

1. Performed counseling services for $36,000 cash.

2. On February 1, 2016, paid $18,000 cash to rent office space for the coming year.

3. Adjusted the accounts to reflect the amount of rent used during the year.

Required

Based on this information alone:

a. Record the events under an accounting equation.

TABLE PROVIDED BELOW

 

EXERCISE 2-15A

a.

Life, Inc. Effect of Events on the Accounting Equation
	Assets		=	Stockholders’ Equity
Event	Cash	Prepaid Rent	=	Retained Earnings
1. Performed Services	36,000			36,000
2. Prepaid Rent	(18,000)	18,000		NA
3. Used Rent		(18,000)		(18,000)
Totals	18,000	0	=	18,000

*

 

b. Prepare an income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows for the 2016 accounting period.

Life, Inc. Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 2016
	Revenue	36,000
	Expense	18,000
	Net Income	18,000

 

 

 

 

Life, Inc. Balance Sheet As of December 31, 2016
	Assets
	Cash	36,000
	Prepaid Rent	18,000
	Total Assets	54,000
	Liabilities	(18,000)
	Stockholders’ Equity
	Retained Earnings
	Total Stockholders’ Equity
	Total Liab. and Stockholders’ Equity

EXERCISE 2-15A b. (cont.)

 

Life, Inc. Statement of Cash Flows For the Year Ended December 31, 2016
	Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
	Cash Receipt from Revenue
	Cash Payment for Rent
	Net Cash Flow from Operating Activities
	Cash Flows From Investing Activities
	Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
	Net Change in Cash
	Plus: Beginning Cash Balance
	Ending Cash Balance

 

c. Ignoring all other future events, what is the amount of rent expense that would be recognized

in 2017?

 

EXERCISE 2-19A

 

Exercise 2-19A on page 111

Exercise 2-19A Supplies, unearned revenue, and the financial statements model

Hart, Attorney at Law, experienced the following transactions in 2016, the first year of

operations:

1. Accepted $36,000 on April 1, 2016, as a retainer for services to be performed evenly over the

next 12 months.

2. Performed legal services for cash of $54,000.

3. Purchased $2,800 of office supplies on account.

4. Paid $2,400 of the amount due on accounts payable.

5. Paid a cash dividend to the stockholders of $5,000.

6. Paid cash for operating expenses of $31,000.

7. Determined that at the end of the accounting period $200 of office supplies remained on

hand.

8. On December 31, 2016, recognized the revenue that had been earned for services performed

in accordance with Transaction 1.

Required

Show the effects of the events on the financial statements using a horizontal statements model

like the following one. In the Cash Flows column, use the initials OA to designate operating activity, IA for investing activity, FA for financing activity, and NC for net change in cash. Use NA

to indicate accounts not affected by the event. The first event has been recorded as an example.

Event

Assets 5 Liabilities 1 Stk. Equity

No. Cash 1 Supplies 5 Accts. Pay 1 Unearn. Rev. 1 Ret. Earn. Rev. 2 Exp. 5 Net Inc. Cash Flow

1. 36,000 1 NA 5 NA 1 36,000 1 NA NA 2 NA 5 NA 36,000 OA

TABLE PROVIDED BELOW

 

 

 

Hart Attorney At Law Effect of Transactions on the Financial Statements for 2016

Balance Sheet

Income Statement

Statement of

Assets

=

Liabilities

+

S. Equity

Rev

–

Exp.

=

Net Inc.

Cash Flows

No.

Cash

+

Supplies

=

Accts. Payable

+

Unearn. Rev.

+

Retained Earnings

1.

+

=

+

+

–

=

2.

+

=

+

+

–

=

3.

+

=

+

+

–

=

4.

+

=

+

+

–

=

5.

+

=

+

+

–

=

6.

+

=

+

+

–

=

7.

+

=

+

+

–

=

8.

+

=

+

+

–

=

Totals

51,600

+

200

=

400

+

9,000

+

42,400

81,000

–

33,600

=

47,400

51,600  NC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXERCISE 2-27A

 

Exercise 2-27A Effect of accounting events on the income statement and statement

of cash flows

Required

Explain how each of the following events or series of events and the related adjusting entry will

affect the amount of net income and the amount of cash flow from operating activities reported

on the year-end financial statements. Identify the direction of change (increase, decrease, or NA)

and the amount of the change. Organize your answers according to the following table. The first

event is recorded as an example. If an event does not have a related adjusting entry, record only

Cash Flows from

Net Income Operating Activities

Event/ Direction of Amount of Direction of Amount of

Adjustment Change Change Change Change

a NA NA Decrease $9,000

Adj Decrease $2,250 NA NA

a. Paid $9,000 cash on October 1 to purchase a one-year insurance policy.

b. Purchased $2,000 of supplies on account. Paid $500 cash on accounts payable. The ending

balance in the Supplies account, after adjustment, was $300.

c. Provided services for $10,000 cash.

d. Collected $2,400 in advance for services to be performed in the future. The contract called for

services to start on May 1 and to continue for one year.

e. Accrued salaries amounting to $5,600.

f. Sold land that cost $3,000 for $3,000 cash.

g. Acquired $15,000 cash from the issue of common stock.

h. Earned $12,000 of revenue on account. Collected $8,000 cash from accounts receivable.

i. Paid cash operating expenses of $4,500.

e. Paid cash for rent expense.

f. Performed services for cash.

g. Performed services for clients on account.

h. Collected cash from accounts receivable.

i. Received cash for services to be performed in the future.

j. Purchased land with cash.

TABLE PROVIDED BELOW

 

	Net Income		Cash Flow from Operating Activities
Event/Adj.	Direction of Change	Amount of Change	Direction of Change	Amount of Change
a. Event Adj.
b. Event Adj.
b.   Event No adj.
d. Event Adj.
e.  Event No adj.
f.   Event No adj.
f.       Event No adj.
g.   Event No adj.
h.   Event No adj.