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Correcting . Classification ErrorsParty Wagon, Inc., provides musical entertainment at wed...

Correcting . Classification Errors

Party Wagon, Inc., provides musical entertainment at weddings, dances, and various other functions. The company performs adjusting entries monthly, but prepares closing entries annually on December 31. The company recently hired Jack Armstrong as its new accountant. Jack's first assignment was to prepare an income statement, a statement of retained earnings, and a balance sheet using an adjusted trial balance given to him by his predecessor, dated December 31,2011.

From the adjusted trial balance, Jack prepared the following set of financial statements:

PARTY WAGON, INC.

INCOME STATEMENT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

Revenue:

 

 

Party revenue earned

 

$ 130,000

Unearned party revenue

 

$ 1,800

Accounts receivable

 

9,000

Total revenue

 

$140,800

Expenses:

 

 

Insurance expense

$ 1800

 

Office rent expense

12,000

 

Supplies expense

1,200

 

Dividends

1,000

 

Salary expense

75,000

 

Accumulated depreciation: van

16,000

 

Accumulated depreciation: equipment and music

14,000

 

Repair and maintenance expense

2,000

 

Travel expense

6,000

 

Miscellaneous expense

3,600

 

Interest expense

4,400

137,000

Income before income taxes

 

$ 3,800

Income taxes payable

 

400

Net income

 

$ 3,400

 

 

 

PARTY WAGON, INC.

STATEMENT OF RETAINED EARNINGS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

Retained earnings (per adjusted trial balance)

$15,000

Add: Income

3,400

Less; Income taxes expense

2,000

Retained earnings Dec. 31,2011

$16,400

PARTYWAGON;IN

BALANCE SHEET

DECENBER 31,2011

Assets

 

 

Cash

 

$15,000

Supplies

 

500

Van

$40,000

 

Less: Depreciation expense: van

8,000

32,000

Equipment and music

$35,000

 

Less: Depreciation expense: music and equipment

7,000

28,000

Total assets

 

$75,500

Liabilities&Stockholders' Equity

Liabilities:

Accounts payable

 

$ 7,000

Notes payable

 

39,000

Salaries payable

 

1,600

Prepaid rent

 

2,000

Unexpired insurance

 

4,500

Total liabilities

 

$54,100

Stockholders' Equity:

Capital stock

 

5,000

Retained earnings

 

16,400

Total stockholders' equity

 

$21,400

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$75,500

Instructions

a. Prepare a corrected set of financial statements dated December 31, 2011. (You may assume that all of the figures in the company's adjusted trial balance were reported correctly except for Interest Payable of $200, which was mistakenly omitted in the financial statements prepared by Jack.)


b. Prepare the necessary year-end closing entries.


c. Using the financial statements prepared in part a, briefly evaluate the company's profitability and liquidity.

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