Question

P3–6B The following independent items for Théâtre Dupuis during the year ended November 30, 2017, may require a transaction journal entry, an adjusting entry, or both. The company records all prepaid costs as assets and all unearned revenues as liabilities and it adjusts accounts annually.

1. Supplies on hand amounted to $950 on November 30, 2017. On January 31, 2017, additional supplies were purchased for $2,880 cash. On November 30, 2017, a physical count showed that supplies on hand amounted to $670.

2. Théâtre Dupuis puts on 10 plays each season. Season tickets sell for $200 each and 310 were sold in August for the upcoming 2017–2018 season, which starts in September 2017 and ends in June 2018 (one play per month). Théâtre Dupuis credited Unearned Revenue for the full amount received.

3. The total payroll for the theatre is $4,500 every Wednesday for employee salaries earned during the previous five-day week (Wednesday through Sunday). Salaries were last paid (and recorded) on Wednesday, November 29. In 2017, November 30 falls on a Thursday. The next payday is Wednesday, December 6, 2017.

4. Théâtre Dupuis rents the theatre to a local seniors’ choir, which uses the space for rehearsals twice a week at a rate of $425 per month. The new treasurer of the choir accidentally sent a cheque for $245 on November 1. The treasurer promised to send a cheque in December for the balance when she returns from her vacation. On December 4, Théâtre Dupuis received a cheque for the balance owing from November plus all of December’s rent.

5. On June 1, 2017, the theatre borrowed $11,000 from La caisse populaire Desjardins at an annual interest rate of 4.5%. The principal and interest are to be repaid on February 1, 2018.

6. Upon reviewing the books on November 30, 2017, it was noted that the utility bill for the month of November had not yet been received. A call to Hydro-Québec determined that the utility bill was for $1,420. The bill was paid on December 10.

7. Owned a truck during the year that had originally been purchased on December 1, 2013, for $37,975. The truck’s estimated useful life is eight years.

Instructions

(a) Preparethejournalentriestorecordtheoriginaltransactionsforitems1through5.

(b) Prepare the year-end adjusting entries for items 1 through 7.

(c) Preparethejournalentriestorecord:

1. the payment of wages on Wednesday, December 6 (item 3).

2. the receipt of the cheque from the seniors’ choir on December 4 (item 4). 3. the payment of the utility bill on December 10 (item 6).

4. the payment of the note and interest on February 1, 2015 (item 5).

Answer 1

a.

	Account Titles	Debit	Credit
1	Supplies	$            2,880
	Cash		$            2,880
2	Cash	$         62,000
	Unearned Revenue		$         62,000
3	Salaries Expense
	Cash
4	Cash	$               245
	Rent Revenue		$               245
5	Cash	$         11,000
	Notes Payable		$         11,000

b.

	Account Titles	Debit	Credit
1	Supplies Expense	$            3,160
	Supplies		$            3,160
2	Unearned Revenue	$            6,200
	Revenue		$            6,200
3	Salaries Expense	$            1,800
	Salaries Payable		$            1,800
4	Accounts Receivable	$               180
	Rent Revenue		$               180
5	Interest Expense	$         247.50
	Interest Payable		$         247.50
6	Utilities Expense	$            1,420
	Accounts Payable		$            1,420
7	Depreciation Expense	$      4,746.88
	Accumulated Depreciation		$      4,746.88

c.

	Account Titles	Debit	Credit
1	Salaries Payable	$      1,800.00
	Salaries Expense	$      2,700.00
	Cash		$      4,500.00
2	Cash	$         180.00
	Accounts Receivable		$         180.00
3	Accounts Payable	$      1,420.00
	Cash		$      1,420.00
4	Interest Payable	$         247.50
	Interest Expense	$            82.50
	Notes Payable	$   11,000.00
	Cash		$   11,330.00