Question:
Delia Alvarez, owner of Delia's Lawn Service, wants to borrow money to buy new lawn equipment. A local bank has asked for financial statements. Alvarez has asked you to prepare financial statements for the year ended December 31, 20--. You have been given the unadjusted trial balance on page 171 and suspect that Alvarez expects you to base your statements on this information. You are concerned, however, that some of the account balances may need to be adjusted. Write a memo to Alvarez explaining what additional information you need before you can prepare the financial statements. Alvarez is not familiar with accounting issues. Therefore, explain in your memo why you need this information, the potential impact of this information on the financial statements, and the importance of making these adjustments before approaching the bank for aloan.
Financial Statements
Financial statements are the standardized formats to present the financial information related to a business or an organization for its users. Financial statements contain the historical information as well as current period’s financial...
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Dick Ady's Bookkeeping Service Work Sheet For Month Ended July 31, 20-- TRIAL BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS ADJUSTED TRIAL BALANCE INCOME STATEMENT BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNT TITLE DEBIT CREDIT DEBIT CREDIT DEBIT CREDIT DEBIT CREDIT DEBIT CREDIT 13 6 5 00 8 4 5 00 6 2 0 00 115 0 00 136 5 00 13 5 6 00 1 Cash 2 Accounts Receivable 3 Supplies 4 Prepaid Insurance 5 Office Equipment 8 4 5 00 8 4 5 00 2 (a) 4 90 00 (b) 4 20 00 3 2 5 00 6 7 2 5 00 130 00 730 00 6 7 25 00 130 00 730 00 3 6 40 0 00 (c) Accum. Depr.-Office Equipment 7 Accounts Payable 8 Wages Payable 9 Dick Ady, Capital 10 Dick Ady, Drawing 11 Professional Fees 6. 73 5 00 73 5 00 73 5 00 7 9 5 00 9 5 00 5 9 00 8 |(d) 7 8 0 0 00 7 8 0 0 00 7 800 00 9 120 0 00 120 0 00 1 20 0 00 10 6 3 5 0 00 6 3 50 00 6 3 5 0 00 11 159 ol 00 12 Wages Expense 13 Advertising Expense 14 Rent Expense 15 Supplies Expense 16 Telephone Expense 17 Utilites Expense 18 Insurance Expense 19 Depr. Expense-Office Equipment 20 Miscellaneous Expense 14 9 5 00 (d) 1590 00 9 5 00 12 380 00 8 50 00 3 80 00 3 8 0 00 8 5 0 00 13 850 00 4 90 00 250 00 285 00 4 20 00 325 00 90 00 133 0 00 15 6 30 00 14 9 8 0 00 4 8 8o 00 7 19 5 00 10 1 4 1 00 2 3 15 00 7195 00 14 (a) 4 9 0 00 4 90 00 15 20 5 00 20 5 00 285 00 16 2 85 00 17 4 20 00 (b) 4 2 0 00 (C) 18 3 25 00 90 00 3 25 00 19 90 00 20 8 5 9 4 00 21 15 4 7 00 22 14 8 8 5 00 14 8 8 5 00 13 3 0 00 Net Income 21 22 7 19 5 00 10 1 4 1 00 10 1 4 1 00 23 23