J. Kamas and G. Charrier have been operating a catering business for several years. In March, the

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J. Kamas and G. Charrier have been operating a catering business for several years. In March, the partners plan to expand by opening a retail sales shop. They have decided to form the business as a corporation called Traveling Gourmet, Inc. The following transactions occurred in March:
a. Received $80,000 cash from each of the two shareholders to form the corporation, in addition to $2,000 in accounts receivable, $5,300 in equipment, a van (equipment) appraised at a fair value of $13,000, and $1,200 in supplies. Gave the two owners each 500 shares of common stock with a par value of $1 per share.
b. Purchased a vacant store for sale in a good location for $360,000, making a $72,000 cash down payment and signing a 10-year mortgage note from a local bank for the rest.
c. Borrowed $50,000 from the local bank on a 10 percent, one-year note.
d. Purchased food and paper supplies costing $ 10,200 in March; paid cash.
e. Catered four parties in March for $4,200; $1,600 was billed and the rest was received in cash.
f. Sold food at the retail store for $16,900 cash.
g. Used food and paper supplies costing $10,830.
h. Received a $420 telephone bill for March to be paid in April.
i. Paid $363 in gas for the van in March.
j. Paid $6,280 in wages to employees who worked in March.
k. Paid a $300 dividend from the corporation to each owner.
l. Purchased $50,000 of equipment (refrigerated display cases, cabinets, tables, and chairs) and renovated and decorated the new store for $20,000 (added to the cost of the building); paid cash.


Required:
1. Set up appropriate T-accounts for Cash, Accounts Receivable, Supplies, Equipment, Building, Accounts Payable, Note Payable, Mortgage Payable, Common Stock, Additional Paid-in Capital, Retained Earnings, Food Sales Revenue, Catering Sales Revenue, Supplies Expense, Utilities Expense, Wages Expense, and Fuel Expense.
2. Record in the T-accounts the effects of each transaction for Traveling Gourmet, Inc., in March. Identify the amounts with the letters starting with (a). Compute ending balances.

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