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Short Comprehensive through Problem Including Both Adjusting and Closing Entries

Brushstroke Art Studio, Inc., provides quality instruction to aspiring artists. The business adjusts its accounts monthly, but performs closing entries annually on December 31. This is the studio's unadjusted trial balance dated December 31 , 2011.

BRUSHSTROKE ART STUDO, INC.

UNADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2011

 

 

Debits

Credits

Cash

$ 22,380

 

Client fees receivable

71,250

 

Supplies

6,000

 

Prepaid studio rent

2,500

 

Studio equipment

270

 

Accumulated depreciation office equipment

 

$52,000

Accounts payable

 

6,420

Note payable

 

24,000

Interest payable

 

480

Unearned client fees

 

8,000

Income taxes payable

 

5,000

Capital stock

 

50,000

Retained earnings

 

20,000

Client fees earned

 

82,310

Supplies expense

4,000

 

Salary expense

17,250

 

Interest expense

480

 

Studio rent expense

11,250

 

Utilities expense

3,300

 

Depreciation expense: studio equipment

8,200

 

Income taxes expense

5,000

 

 

$248,210

$248,210

Other Data

1. Supplies on hand at December 31, 2011, total $1,000.


2. The studio pays rent quarterly(every three months). The last payment was made November 1, 2011. The next payment will be made early inFebruary2012.


3. Studio equipment is being depreciated over 120 months (10 years).


4. On October 1, 2011 , the studio borrowed $24,000 by signing a 12-month, 12 percent note payable. The entire amount, plus interest, is due on September 30, 2012.


5. At December 31,2011, $3,000 of previously unearned client fees had been earned.


6. Accrued, but unrecorded and uncollected client fees earned total $690 at December 31,2011.


7. Accrued, but unrecorded and unpaid salary expense totals $750 -at December 31,2011.


8. Accrued income taxes expense for the entire year ending December 31,2011, total $7,000. The full amount is due early in 2012

Instructions

a. Prepare the necessary adjusting journal entries on December 31 , 2011. Prepare also an adjusted trial balance dated December 31,2011.


b. From the adjusted trial balance prepared in part a, prepare an in come statement and statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31 , 2011. Also prepare the company's balance sheet dated December 31 , 2011.


c. Prepare the necessary year-end closing entries.


d. Prepare an after-closing trial balance.


e. Has the studio's monthly rent remained the same throughout the year? If not, has it gone up or down? Explain.

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