Differentiate between accrual and cash basis accounting

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Learning outcomes to be achieved by completion of the assessment:

1. Record income and receipts from credit customer, purchases, expenditures and payments to supplier.

2. Differentiate between accrual and cash basis accounting.

CASE STUDY

Brian Nnaji formed the Macdonald Sign Enterprise on October 1, 2016.

During the month, the following financial transactions occurred:

2016 October

 

1

Brian Nnaji invested OR 60,000 in the new business.

2

Acquired supply of advertising materials in the amount of OR 20,000 on  account.

3

Acquired supplies for cash, OR 54,000. (Note: Supplies are charged to expense right  away.)

9

Received OR 70000 cash for services performed.

10

Paid insurance policy OR 4,000.

11

Painted signs for Compaj Company on account, OR 160,000

16

Withdrew OR 20,000 for personal use.

23

Collected OR40,000 from Bahwan Company.

27

Brian Nnaji owes OR 28000 for the month.

31

Paid Ooredoo OR10,000 for communication services for the  month.

Requirements: Now that you have reviewed the case study above, respond to the following requirements on your own.

Q1. Record each of the above transactions in general journal. Explanations maybe omitted. Use the following account titles to journalize the transactions:

a. Cash
b. Accounts Receivable
c. Supply of Advertising
d. Accounts Payable
e. Nnaji, Capital
f. Nnaji, Withdrawal
g. Service Fee Income
h. Supplies Expense
i. Insurance Expense
j. Salar BUSSy Expense 1003 (QP)
k. Utility Expense

Q2. Prepare the end-of-month report to account for the incomes and expenses of Macdonald Sign Enterprise under cash basis accounting.

Q3. Prepare the end-of-month report to account for the incomes and expenses of Macdonald Sign Enterprise under accrual basis accounting.

Q4. How does accrual accounting differ from cash basis accounting. The student may define/explain and give example for both cash basis and accrual basis computation of accounting net income.

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1. Journal entries 50 2. Calculation of net income under cash basis 20 3. Calculation of net income under accrual basis 20 4. Differentiation between cash and accrual basis accounting 6 Formatting, referencing, cover page and table of contents 4 Total marks 100

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