Question

Dixon Company is a manufacturer that completed numerous transactions during the month, some of which are shown below: a. Raw materials purchased on account. $100.000. b. Raw materials used in production, $78,000 direct materials, and $16,000 indirect materials. c. Sales commissions paid in cash, $45,000. d. Depreciation was recorded for the month, $60,000 (65% related to factory equipment, and the remainder related to selling and administrative equipment). e. Sales for the month, $450,000 (70% cash sales and the remainder were sales on account). f. Factory utilities paid in cash, $12,000. g. Applied $138,000 of manufacturing overhead to production during the month. h. Various jobs costing a total of $190,000 were completed during the month and transferred to Finished Goods. i. Cash receipts from customers who had previously purchased on credit, $115,000. j. Various completed jobs costing a total of $220,000 were sold to customers. k. Cash paid to raw material suppliers, $90,000. Required: The table shown below includes only one account from Dixon Company's balance sheet-Retained Earnings. For each of the above transactions, select "No" if it would not affect Retained Earnings. Conversely if the transaction would affect Retained Earnings, then record the amount of the increase or (decrease) to this account under the “Yes” column. Retained Earnings Yes No Transaction k.

Answer 1

Retained Earnings are affected by Expenses and Incomes. The affects of the given transactions on the Retained Earnings are as under:

Transaction	Retained Earnings		Reasoning
	Yes	No
a.	-		Inventory +; Liability +
b.	-		Inventory RM - ; Inventory FG +
c.	($45,000)	-	Expenses +; Cash -
d.	($60,000)	-	Expense +; Assets -
e.	$450,000	-	Revenue +; Assets +
f.	($12,000)	-	Expenses +; Cash -
g.	-		Inventory + ; Liability +
h.	-		Inventory WIP - ; Inventory FG +
i.	-		Assets + ; Assets -
j.	($220,000)	-	COGS +; Inventory FG -
k.	-		Assets - ; Liability -