Reference no: EM131825429

On December 1, 2014, David and Sue Kilmore formed a corporation called ABC Rentals. The new corporation was able to begin operations immediately by purchasing the assets and taking over the location of a previous rental company that was going out of business. The newly formed company uses the following accounts: Cash Capital Stock Accounts Receivable Retained Earnings Prepaid Rent Dividends Unexpired Insurance Income Summary Office Supplies Rental Fees Earned Rental Equipment Salaries Expense Accumulated Depreciation: Rental Equipment Maintenance Expense Notes Payable Utilities Expense Accounts Payable Rent Expense Interest Payable Office Supplies Expense Salaries Payable Depreciation Expense Dividends Payable Interest Expense Unearned Rental Fees Income Taxes Expense Income Taxes Payable The corporation performs adjusting entries monthly. Closing entries are performed annually on December 31. During December, the corporation entered into the following transactions: Dec. 1 Issued to David and Sue Kilmore 22,000 shares of capital stock in exchange for a total of $220,000 cash. Dec. 1 Purchased for $201,600 all of the equipment formerly owned by the previous rental company. Paid $132,000 cash and issued a one-year note payable for $69,600. The note, plus all 12-months of accrued interest, are due November 30, 2015. Dec. 1 Paid $10,200 to Sumbeam Realty as three months’ advance rent on the rental yard and office formerly occupied by a previous rental company. Dec. 4 Purchased office supplies on account from Office Depot, $1,600. Payment due in 30 days. (These supplies are expected to last for several months; debit the Office Supplies asset account.) Dec. 8 Received $8,200 cash as advance payment on equipment rental from McAdams Construction Company. (Credit Unearned Rental Fees.) Dec. 12 Paid salaries for the first two weeks in December, $4,900. Dec. 15 Excluding the McAdams advance, equipment rental fees earned during the first 15 days of December amounted to $18,100, of which $12,300 was received in cash. Dec. 17 Purchased on account from Gravely, Iinc., $900 in parts needed to repair a rental tractor. (Debit an expense account.) Payment is due in 10 days. Dec. 23 Collected $2,200 of the accounts receivable recorded on December 15. Dec. 26 Rented a backhoe to Granite Landscaping at a price of $290 per day, to be paid when the backhoe is returned. Granite Landscaping expects to keep the backhoe for about two or three weeks. Dec. 26 Paid biweekly salaries, $4,900. Dec. 27 Paid the account payable to Gravely, Iinc., $900. Dec. 28 Declared a dividend of 10 cents per share, payable on January 15, 2015. Dec. 29 ABC Rentals was named, along with Granite Landscaping and Collier Construction, as a co-defendant in a $28,000 lawsuit filed on behalf of Kevin Davenport. Granite Landscaping had left the rented backhoe in a fenced construction site owned by Collier Construction. After working hours on December 26, Davenport had climbed the fence to play on parked construction equipment. While playing on the backhoe, he fell and broke his arm. The extent of the company’s legal and financial responsibility for this accident, if any, cannot be determined at this time. ( Note: This event does not require a journal entry at this time, but may require disclosure in notes accompanying the statements.) Dec. 29 Purchased a 12-month public-liability insurance policy for $8,640. This policy protects the company against liability for injuries and property damage caused by its equipment. However, the policy goes into effect on January 1, 2012, and affords no coverage for the injuries sustained by Kevin Davenport on December 26. Dec. 31 Received a bill from City of Stone for the month of December, $640. Payment is due in 30 days. Dec. 31 Equipment rental fees earned during the second half of December amounted to $20,300, of which $16,300 was received in cash. Data for Adjusting Entries a. The advance payment of rent on December 1 covered a period of three months. b. The annual interest rate on the note payable to Previous rental company is 6 percent. c. The rental equipment is being depreciated by the straight-line method over a period of eight years. d. Office supplies on hand at December 31 are estimated at $680. e. During December, the company earned $4,200 of the rental fees paid in advance by McAdams Construction Company on December 8. f. As of December 31, six days’ rent on the backhoe rented to Granite Landscaping on December 26 has been earned. g. Salaries earned by employees since the last payroll date (December 26) amounted to $1,900 at month-end. h. It is estimated that the company is subject to a combined federal and state income tax rate of 30 percent of income before income taxes (total revenue minus all expenses other than income taxes). These taxes will be payable in 2015. Instructions 1. Journalize the December transactions. 2. Prepare an unadjusted trial balance. 3. Prepare the necessary adjusting entries for December. 4. Prepare an adjusted trial balance. 5. Prepare a balance sheet, an income statement, and a statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31. 6. Prepare closing entries. 7. Prepare a post-closing trial balance.