Question

Arnez Company's annual accounting period ends on December 31, 2019. The following information concerns the adjusting entries to be recorded as of that date.

a. The Office Supplies account started the year with a $4,000 balance. During 2019, the company purchased supplies for $16,520, which was added to the Office Supplies account. The inventory of supplies available at December 31,2019, totaled $3,520 .

b. An analysis of the company's insurance policies provided the following facts.

Policy	Date of Purchase	Months of Coverage	Cost
A	April 1,	2017	24	$11,400
B	April 1,	2018	36	10,224
C	August 1, 2019	12	9,000

The total premium for each policy was paid in full (for all months) at the purchase date, and the Prepaid Insurance account was debited for the full cost. (Year-end adjusting entries for Prepaid Insurance were properly recorded in all prior years.)

c. The company has 15 employees, who earn a total of $2,150 in salaries each working day. They are paid each Monday for their work in the five-day workweek ending on the previous Friday. Assume that December 31,2019, is a Tuesday, and all 15 employees worked the first two days of that week. Because New Year's Day is a paid holiday, they will be paid salaries for five full days on Monday, January 6,2020 .

d. The company purchased a building on January 1,2019 . It cost $740,000 and is expected to have a $45,000 salvage value at the end of its predicted 35 -year life. Annual depreciation is $19,857 .

e. Since the company is not large enough to occupy the entire building it owns, it rented space to a tenant at $2,100 per month, starting on November 1,2019 . The rent was paid on time on November 1, and the amount received was credited to the Rent Earned account. However, the tenant has not paid the December rent. The company has worked out an agreement with the tenant, who has promised to pay both December and January rent in full on January 15. The tenant has agreed not to fall behind again.

f. On November 1, the company rented space to another tenant for $1,903 per month. The tenant paid five months' rent in advance on that date. The payment was recorded with a credit to the Unearned Rent account. Assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year.

Answer 1

Transaction	General Journal	Debit	Credit
a.	Office supplies expense	17,000		=4000+16520-3520
	Office supplies		17,000
b.	Insurance expense	8,583
	Prepaid insurance		8,583
c.	Salaries expense	4,300		=2150*2
	Salaries payable		4,300
d.	Depreciation expense—Building	19,857
	Accumulated depreciation—Building		19,857
e.	Rent receivable	2,100
	Rent earned		2,100
f.	Unearned rent	3,806		=1903*2
	Rent earned		3,806
Date	General Journal	Debit	Credit
6-Jan	Salaries payable	4,300
	Salaries expense	6,450		=2150*3
	Cash		10,750
15-Jan	Cash	4,200
	Rent receivable		2,100
	Rent earned		2,100
	Insurance expense workings:
	April 1, 2017	1425	=11400/24*3
	April 1, 2018	3408	=10224/36*12
	August 1, 2019	3750	=9000/12*5
	Total	8583