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Posting closing entries directly to T-accounts [5 min]It is December 31 and time for your...

Posting closing entries directly to T-accounts [5 min]

It is December 31 and time for your business to close the books. The following balances appear on the books of Sarah Simon Enterprises:

a. Dividends, $8,500.


b. Service revenue, $23,700.


c. Expense account balances: Salary, $6,100; Rent, $4,000; Advertising, $3,300.

Requirements

1. Set up each T-account given and insert its adjusted balance as given (denote as Bal) at December 31. Also set up a T-account for Retained earnings, $26,100, and for Income summary.


2. Post the closing entries to the accounts, denoting posted amounts as Clo.


3. Compute the ending balance of Retained earnings.

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