Calco, Inc., rents its store location. Rent is $3,000 per month, payable quarterly in advance. On July 1, a check for $9,000 was issued to the landlord for the July-September quarter.

Required:

Use the horizontal model to show the effects on the financial statements of Calco, Inc.:

a. To record the payment, assuming that all $9,000 is initially recorded as Rent Expense.

b. To record the adjustment that would be appropriate at July 31 if your entry in a had been made.

c. To record the initial payment as Prepaid Rent.

d. To record the adjustment that would be appropriate at July 31 if your entry in c had been made.

e. To record the adjustment that would be appropriate at August 31 and September 30, regardless of how the initial payment had been recorded (and assuming that the July 31 adjustment had been made).