Using Financial Reports: Inferring Adjusting and Closing Entries and AnsweringAnalytical Q...

Using Financial Reports: Inferring Adjusting and Closing Entries and AnsweringAnalytical Questions

Waddell Company was organized on January 1, 2011. At the end of the first year of operations. December 31, 2011, the bookkeeper prepared the following trial balances (amounts in thousands of dollars):

Required:

1.  Based on inspection of the two trial balances, give the 2011 adjusting entries developed by the bookkeeper (provide brief explanations).

2.  Based on these data, give the 2011 closing entry with a brief explanation.

3.  Answer the following questions (show computations):

a.  How many shares of stock were outstanding at year-end?

b.  What was the amount of interest expense included in total expenses?

c.  What was the balance of Retained Earnings on December 31, 2011 after closing the books?

d.  What was the average income tax rate?

e.  How would the two accounts Rent Receivable and Unearned Rent Revenue be reported on the balance sheet?

f.  Explain why cash increased by $40,000 during the year even though net income was comparatively very low.

g.  What was the amount of earnings per share for 2011?

h.  What was the average selling price of the shares?

i.  When was the insurance premium paid and over what period of time did the coverage extend ?

j.  What was the net profit margin for the year?