The alphabetical listing below includes all of the adjusted account balances of Battle Creek, Inc. as of December 31, 2018. All account balances are normal
Accounts Payable 4,800
Accounts Receivable 9600
Accumulated Depreciation 3400
Common Stock 2900
Cash 4500
Depreciation Expense 1200
Dividends 1300
Equipment 9500
Income Tax Expense 1500
Income Taxes Payable 1500
Rent Expense 1300
Retained Earnings 3800
Salaries and Wages 7000
Service Revenue 18100
Deferred Revenue 1,400
Required:
a. Prepare the closing entries.
b. Prepare the post-closing trial balance as of December 31, 2018.

Respuesta :

Hi, the question has missing amounts / account balances relating to the following Accounts Prepaid Insurance, Salaries and Wages Expense and Depreciation Expense. However, both the debits and credit totals must add up to $292 as only debits are missing.

Explained and illustrated below is the approach to take on this question.

A trial balance is a list of balances (debit or credit) extracted from ledger accounts.

Adjusted Trial Balance At December 31

                                                   Debits                 Credit

                                                    $000                   $000

Cash                                                  58

Accounts Receivable                         7

Prepaid Insurance (missing)

Equipment                                      120

Accumulated Depreciation                                           8

Accounts Payable                                                          7

Common Stock                                                            116

Retained Earnings                                                        17

Sales Revenue                                                             131

Insurance Expense                           9

Salaries and Wages Expense (missing)

Supplies Expense                           46

Depreciation Expense (missing)

Salaries and Wages Payable           11

Income Tax Expense

Income Tax Payable                                                     13

Totals                                              292                       292