P2-3A Jack Shellenkamp owns and manages a computer repair service, which had the following trial balance on December 31, 2007 (the end of its fiscal year).
BYTE REPAIR SERVICE, INC.
Trial Balance
December 31, 2007
Cash $8,000
Accounts Receivable 15,000
Parts Inventory 13,000
Prepaid Rent 3,000
Shop Equipment 21,000
Accounts Payable $19,000
Common Stock 30,000
Retained Earnings 11,000
$60,000 $60,000
Summarized transactions for January 2008 were as follows:
1. Advertising costs, paid in cash, $1,000.
2. Additional repair parts inventory acquired on account $4,000.
3. Miscellaneous expenses, paid in cash, $2,000.
4. Cash collected from customers in payment of accounts receivable $14,000.
5. Cash paid to creditors for accounts payable due $15,000.
6. Repair parts used during January $4,000. (Hint: Debit this to Repair Parts Expense.)
7. Repair services performed during January: for cash $6,000; on account $9,000.
8. Wages for January, paid in cash, $3,000.
9. Dividends paid in January were $3,000.
Instructions
(a) Prepare journal entries to record each of the January transactions.
(b) Open T accounts for each of the accounts listed in the trial balance, and enter the opening balances for 2008. Post the journal entries to the accounts in the ledger.
(c) Prepare a trial balance as of January 31, 2008.
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