Question : 227.The unadjusted trial balance and the adjustment data for Porter : 1236856

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227.The unadjusted trial balance and the adjustment data for Porter Business Institute are shown below along with adjusting entry information. What is the impact of the adjusting entries on the balance sheet? Show the calculation for total assets, total liabilities, and owner’s equity without the adjustments; show the calculation for total assets, total liabilities, and owner’s equity with the adjustments. Which one provides the most accurate presentation of the balance sheet?

228.Using the selected information given below for Luk Company, calculate the return on assets, debt ratio, and profit margin. Comment on the results of operations and the financial position of the company for the year.

229.Prepare adjusting entries for the year ended December 31, for each of these separate situations. Assume that prepaid expenses are initially recorded in asset accounts and that fees collected in advance are initially recorded as liabilities.

a. The Prepaid Rent account has a debit balance of $8,000 before adjustment, representing a prepayment for four months’ rent made on December 1 of the current year.
b. One-third of the work related to $18,000 of cash received in advance was performed during this period.
c. Unpaid accrued salaries at December 31 amounts to $15,000
d. Work was completed for a client on December 31 in the amount of $21,000, but was not previously billed or recorded.
e. Estimated depreciation on office equipment is $27,000.

230.Gracio Co. had the following transactions in the last two months of its year ended December 31. Prepare entries for these transactions under the method that records prepaid expenses as expenses and records unearned revenues as revenues. Also prepare adjusting entries at the end of the year.

Nov. 1Paid $11,400 for 12 months of insurance coverage through October 31 of next year.

5Received $8,000 cash for future services to be provided to a customer.

7Paid $10,000 for future advertising.

Dec. 31A portion of the insurance paid for on November 1 has expired. No adjustment was made in November to the insurance account.

31Services of $2,500 are not yet provided to the customer who paid on November 5.

31Of the advertising paid for on November 7, $1,500 is not yet used.

231.For each of the following two separate situations, present both the April 30 adjusting entry and the subsequent entry during May to record the payment of the accrued expenses or receipt of the accrued revenue.

a. Nicolas Company has 5 employees, who earn a total of $2,900 in salaries each working day. They are paid on Monday for the five-day workweek ending on the previous Friday. Assume that fiscal year ended April 30, is a Thursday and all employees worked each day and will be paid salaries for five full days on the following Monday.
b. Services of $3,000 have been performed for Clevenger Company through April 30. The client will pay the entire amount of the contract when services are completed on May 23.
c. Paid the employees’ salaries on May 4.
d. Received payment from Clevenger Company for services that are now completed on May 23.

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61.When there is a shortage in a market, prices are likely to:

A. Fall because buyers do not wish to buy as much as sellers want to sell.

B. Rise because some buyers will offer to pay a higher price.

C. Fall because sellers are likely to reduce their production if prices rise.

D. Rise because the government will put a price ceiling in place.

62.If a market shortage exists:

A. The invisible hand will work to reduce the price.

B. The only solution is for the government to raise the price.

C. Producers will compete for customers by reducing prices.

D. Consumers will compete for the product by offering to pay more.

63.A market surplus occurs when:

A. People cannot buy the amount of goods and services that they are willing and able to buy.

B. The price is less than the equilibrium price.

C. The quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded at a given price.

D. There is a price ceiling.

64.When there is a surplus in a market, prices are likely to fall because:

A. Buyers do not wish to buy as much as sellers want to sell.

B. Some buyers will offer to pay a higher price, initiating a move up the supply curve.

C. Sellers are likely to increase their production.

D. Buyers will wait for the government to establish a price floor.

65.If a market surplus exists:

A. The only resolution is for the government to set the price.

B. Consumers will compete for the product buy offering to pay more.

C. Producers will compete for customers by reducing prices.

D. The equilibrium price is equal to the price ceiling.

66.If demand is constant, a decrease in the supply of gasoline will cause the equilibrium price:

A. To rise and quantity to fall.

B. And quantity both to rise.

C. To fall and quantity to rise.

D. And quantity both to fall.

67.If demand is constant, a leftward shift in the supply curve will result in:

A. A decrease in equilibrium quantity and a lower equilibrium price.

B. An increase in equilibrium quantity and a lower equilibrium price.

C. A decrease in equilibrium quantity and a higher equilibrium price.

D. An increase in equilibrium quantity and a higher equilibrium price.

68.The price of chocolate candy bars rises. This could be due to:

A. A decrease in the wage rate paid to workers in the candy bar factories.

B. A decrease in the cost of chocolate, which is used to produce candy bars.

C. A subsidy by the federal government for the producers of chocolate candy bars.

D. A decrease in the number of chocolate candy bar producers.

69.If demand is unchanged, a rightward shift in the supply curve for plasma TVs will cause:

A. A decrease in equilibrium quantity and a higher equilibrium price.

B. An increase in equilibrium quantity and a higher equilibrium price.

C. An increase in equilibrium quantity and a lower equilibrium price.

D. A decrease in equilibrium quantity and a lower equilibrium price.

70.Which of the following would cause a decrease in the price of automobiles?

A. A technological advance in automobile manufacturing.

B. An increase in the wages paid to automobile assembly line workers.

C. A decrease in the cost of gasoline.

D. An increase in the number of buyers.