At the beginning of April, Vanessa Wende launched a custom computer solutions company called Soft-works. The company had the following transactions during April.
a. Vanessa Wende invested $155,000 cash, office equipment with a value of $5,100, and $78,000 of computer equipment in the company in exchange for its common stock.
b. The company purchased land worth $55,000 for an office by paying $8,700 cash and signing a long term note payable for $46,300.
c. The company purchased a portable building with $59,000 cash and moved it onto the land acquired in b.
d. The company paid $3,500 cash for the premium on a two-year insurance policy.
e. The company provided services to a client and immediately collected $7,000 cash.
f. The company purchased $26,000 of additional computer equipment by paying $11,800 cash and signing a long-term note payable for $14,200.
g. The company completed $16,500 of services for a client. This amount is to be received within 30 days.
h. The company purchased $1,800 of additional office equipment on credit.
i. The company completed client services for $28,000 on credit.
j. The company received a bill for rent of a computer testing device that was used on a recently completed job. The $1,685 rent cost must be paid within 30 days.
k. The company collected $10,000 cash in partial payment from the client described in transaction i.
l. The company paid $1,300 cash for wages to an assistant.
m. The company paid $1,800 cash to settle the payable created in transaction h.
n. The company paid $985 cash for minor maintenance of the company’s computer equipment.
o. The company paid $10,230 cash for dividends.
p. The company paid $1,300 cash for wages to an assistant.
q. The company paid $4,300 cash for advertisements in the local newspaper during April.
Required
1. Prepare general journal entries to record these transactions (use account titles listed in part 2).
2. Open the following ledger accounts—their account numbers are in parentheses (use the balance column format): Cash (101); Accounts Receivable (106); Prepaid Insurance (108); Office Equipment (163); Computer Equipment (164); Building (170); Land (172); Accounts Payable (201); Notes Payable (250); Common Stock (307); Dividends (319); Fees Earned (402); Wages Expense (601); Computer Rental Expense (602); Advertising Expense (603); and Repairs Expense (604). Post the journal entries from part 1 to the accounts and enter the balance after each posting—in the date column enter instead the reference to which transaction from (a) through (q).
3. Prepare a trial balance as of the end of April.