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| In March, Abby's Employment Agency had the following transactions: |
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| March | 1 | Abby Todd invested $5,000 in the new employment agency. |
| | 4 | Bought equipment for cash $200. |
| | 5 | Earned employment fee for $200, but payment from Blue Co. will not be |
| | | received until June. |
| | 6 | Paid wages expenses of $300. |
| | 7 | Abby Todd paid her home utility bill from the company checkbook, $74. |
| | 9 | Placed Rick Wool at VCR Corporation, receiving $1,200 cash. |
| | 15 | Paid cash for supplies, $200. |
| | 28 | Telephone bill received but not paid, $180. |
| | 29 | Advertising bill received but not paid, $400. |
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| The Chart of Accounts includes: Cash 111, Accounts Receivable 112, Supplies 131, Equipment 141 |
| Accounts Payable 211 A. Todd Capital 311, A. Todd Withdrawal 321, Employment Fees |
| Earned 411, Wages Expense 511, Telephone Expense 521, Advertising Expense 531. |
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| Instructions: | | (Click on tabs below for different accounting records.) Your task is to: |
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| 1) Journalize. Record the transactions in the General Journal in date order. |
| 2) Set up T-accounts in a ledger (already done).. |
| 3) Record transactions amounts in the individual T-accounts ( Place the date of the transaction |
| next to the entry. DR column entries, put date on left - CR column entries, put date on right). |
| 3) Foot the T-accounts where appropriate and get the net balance for each account. |
| 4) Prepare a Trial Balance and ensure that Total debits = Total credits. |
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| Note re: Excel spreadsheet: |
| General Journal |
| Input dates in date column as labels and input transaction amounts in DR/CR |
| columns as numeric values |
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| General ledger T Accounts |
| Input the dollar amounts as numeric values |
| and input formulas to calculate column totals. Enter dates in the columns |
| to the right and left of the entries in the T accounts. |
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| Trial Balance |
| Input net balances from the T accounts in to Trial Balance as numeric values |
| and use a formula to get the total DR's and total CR's |