principal finance
Running Head: JOURNAL ENTRIES
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JOURNAL ENTRIES
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Journal Entries
April 20, 2018
Journal Entries
In preparation of the Journal entries; I chose three companies with their actual current stock prices.
1. Apple Inc. starts with an initial capital of 15500 shares of common stock having $177.84 per share. In the first month of operations, the following transactions took place.
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Date |
Transaction |
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Jan 2 |
Advance rent of $36000 was paid |
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Jan 3 |
Cash of $60000 was paid on purchasing an equipment costing $80000. The balance was taken as 1year payable with 9% interest rate |
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Jan 4 |
Office supplies costing $17600 were purchased |
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Jan 13 |
Received $28500 cash after offering services to customers |
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Jan 13 |
The accounts payable on the office supply on January 4 were paid |
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Jan 14 |
Employees’ wages for the first two weeks were paid costing $19100 |
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Jan 18 |
$54100 worth services were provided. $32900 was paid and the rest was promised later. |
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Jan 23 |
$15300 was received from the services that were rendered on Jan 18. |
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Jan 25 |
$4000 was received as an advance payment from customers |
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Jan 26 |
Office supplies costing $5200 were purchased |
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Jan 28 |
Wages of $19100 were paid to employees for the 3rd and 4th weeks of the month |
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Jan 31 |
$5000 were paid as dividends |
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Jan 31 |
Received electricity bill of $2470 |
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Jan 31 |
$1494 telephone bill was received |
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Jan 31 |
Petty expenses paid during the month accounted to $3470 |
1. Microsoft Inc. starts with an initial capital of 8250 shares of common stock having $96.44 per share. In the first month of operations, the following transactions took place.
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Date |
Transaction |
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Jan 2 |
Advance rent of $11880 was paid |
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Jan 3 |
Cash of $19800 was paid on purchasing an equipment costing $26400. The balance was taken as 1year payable with 2.97% interest rate |
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Jan 4 |
Office supplies costing $5808 were purchased |
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Jan 13 |
Received $9405 cash after offering services to customers |
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Jan 13 |
The accounts payable on the office supply on January 4 were paid |
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Jan 14 |
Employees’ wages for the first two weeks were paid costing $6303 |
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Jan 18 |
$17853 worth services were provided. $10857 was paid and the rest was promised later. |
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Jan 23 |
$5049 was received from the services that were rendered on Jan 18. |
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Jan 25 |
$1320 was received as an advance payment from customers |
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Jan 26 |
Office supplies costing $1716 were purchased |
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Jan 28 |
Wages of $6303 were paid to employees for the 3rd and 4th weeks of the month |
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Jan 31 |
$1650 were paid as dividends |
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Jan 31 |
Received electricity bill of $815.10 |
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Jan 31 |
$493.02 telephone bill was received |
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Jan 31 |
Petty expenses paid during the month accounted to $1145.10 |
1. General Electric Inc. starts with an initial capital of 15500 shares of common stock having $177.84 per share. In the first month of operations, the following transactions took place.
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Date |
Transaction |
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Jan 2 |
Advance rent of $1800 was paid |
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Jan 3 |
Cash of $3000 was paid on purchasing an equipment costing $4000. The balance was taken as 1year payable with 0.45% interest rate |
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Jan 4 |
Office supplies costing $880 were purchased |
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Jan 13 |
Received $1425 cash after offering services to customers |
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Jan 13 |
The accounts payable on the office supply on January 4 were paid |
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Jan 14 |
Employees’ wages for the first two weeks were paid costing $955 |
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Jan 18 |
$2705 worth services were provided. $1645 was paid and the rest was promised later. |
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Jan 23 |
$765 was received from the services that were rendered on Jan 18. |
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Jan 25 |
$200 was received as an advance payment from customers |
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Jan 26 |
Office supplies costing $260 were purchased |
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Jan 28 |
Wages of $955were paid to employees for the 3rd and 4th weeks of the month |
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Jan 31 |
$250 were paid as dividends |
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Jan 31 |
Received electricity bill of $123.50 |
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Jan 31 |
$74.70 telephone bill was received |
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Jan 31 |
Petty expenses paid during the month accounted to $173.5 |
Out of the $25,000 that I had, I gave Apple Inc. 62% representing $15,500 of the amount, Microsoft Inc. got 33% representing $8250 of the amount and General Electric got 5% representing $1250 of the total amount. This allocation I made on the basis that the Company that got the higher percentage had the price per share also high. That is; $177.84, $96.44 and $13.66 respectively.
From the above analysis; here is a simplified illustration of how many shares I bought from each of the 3 companies.
Apple Inc. = $15500/$177.84 = 87.16 shares but decided to buy 87 shares since I cannot buy part of share.
Microsoft Inc. = $8250/$96.44 = 82.96 shares but I decided to buy 83 shares since I cannot buy a part of a share.
General Electric Inc. = $1250/$13.66 = 91.50 shares but I decided to buy 91 shares since I cannot buy part of a share.
References
Jeff D. 2015, August 20, biggest public companies in the United States of America, https://www.visualcapitalist.com
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