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Short Comprehensive Problem Including Both Adjusting and Closing EntriesNext Job, Inc., pr...

Short Comprehensive Problem Including Both Adjusting and Closing Entries

Next Job, Inc., provides employment consulting services. The company adjusts its accounts monthly but performs closing entries annually on December 31 . The finn's unadjusted trial balance dated December 31 , 2011 , is shown on the following page.

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1. Accrued but unrecorded and uncollected consulting fees earned total $25,000 at December 31, 2011.


2. The company determined that $15,000 of previously unearned consulting services fees had been earned at December 31, 2011 .


3. Office supplies on hand at December 31 total $300.


4. The company purchased all of its equipment when it first began business. At that time, the estimated useful life of the equipment was six years (72months).


5. The company prepaid its nine-month rent agreement on June 1,2011.


6. The company prepaid its six-month insurance policy on December 1, 2011.


7. Accrued but unpaid salaries total $12,000 at December 31 , 2011 .


8. On September 1,2011, the company borrowed $60,000 by signing an eight-month, 4 percent note payable. The entire amount, plus interest, is due on March 1,2012.


9. The company's accounting firm estimates that income taxes expense for the entire year is $50,000. The unpaid portion of this amount is due early in2012.

NEXT,JOB INC.

UN ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE

DECEMBER 31, 2011

Cash

$276,500

 

Accounts receivable

90,000

 

Office supplies

800

 

Prepaid rent

3,600

 

Unexpired insurance

1,500

 

Office equipment

72,000

 

Accumulated depreciation: furniture and fixtures

 

$ 24,000

Accounts payable

 

4,000

Notes payable(due 3/1/12)

 

60,000

Interest payable

 

600

Income taxes payable

 

9,000

Dividends payable

 

3,000

Unearned consulting fees

 

22,000

Capital stock

 

200,000

Retained earnings

 

40,000

Dividends

3,000

 

Consulting fees earned

 

500,00O

Rent expense

14,700

 

Insurance expense

2,200

 

Office supplies expense

4,500

 

Depreciation expense: office.equipment

11,000

 

Salaries expense

330,000

 

Utilities expense

4,800

 

Interest expense

3,000

 

Income taxes expense

45,000

 

Totals

$862,600

$862,600

Instructions

a. Prepare the necessary adjusting journal entries on December 31, 2011. Also prepare an adjusted trial balance dated December 31, 201I.


b. From the adjusted trial balance prepared in part a, prepare an income statement and statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31 , 2011. Also prepare the company's bal. ance sheet dated December 31 , 20II .


c. Prepare the necessary year-end closing entries.


d. Prepare an after-closing trial balance.


e. Compute the company's average monthly insurance expense for January through November of 2011.


f. Compute the company's average monthly rent expense for January through May of 2011. g. If the company purchased al lof its office equipment when it first incorporated, for how long has it been in business as of December 31, 20II?


h. Assume that the company had a note payable outstanding on January1, 2011, that it paid off on April 1, 2011. How much interest expense accured on this note in 2011?

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