Question: CHECK FIGURES: 3 . Profit = $ 2 3 , 8 5 6 ; Total assets = $ 3 7 9 , 2 6 9

CHECK FIGURES: 3. Profit =$23,856; Total assets =$379,269
Alpine Company LO4
Assume it is Monday, May 1,2023, the first business day of the month, and you have just been hired as the
accountant for Alpine Company, which operates with monthly accounting periods. All of the company's
accounting work has been completed through the end of April and its ledgers show April 30 balances.
Alpine uses a perpetual system to account for inventory. The terms of all credit sales are 2//10,n//30. During
your first month on the job, you record the following transactions on page 2 of each journal.
Note: If the Working Papers that accompany this textbook are not being used, the forms needed to complete this
problem are available on Connect.
Required
Enter the transactions in the appropriate journals and post when instructed to do so.
Prepare a trial balance in the Trial Balance columns of the provided work sheet form and complete the
work sheet using the following information.
a. Expired insurance, $553.
b. Ending store supplies inventory, $2,632.
c. Ending office supplies inventory, $504.
d. Estimated depreciation of store equipment, $567.
e. Estimated depreciation of office equipment, $329.
f. Ending merchandise inventory, $191,000.
Prepare a May classified, multiple-step income statement, a May statement of changes in equity, and a
May 31 classified balance sheet.
Prepare and post adjusting and closing entries (omit explanations).
Prepare a post-closing trial balance. Also prepare a list of the accounts receivable subledger accounts and
a list of the accounts payable subledger accounts.
May 1 Issued cheque #3410 to S&M Management Co. in payment of the May rent, S3,700. Use two lines to record the
transaction. Charge 80% of the rent to Rent Expense, Selling Space, and the balance to Rent Expense, Office Space.
2 Sold merchandise on credit to Essex Company, invoice #8785, $6,050. Cost $3,640.
2 Issued a $130 credit memo to Nabors Inc. for defective merchandise sold on April 28 and discarded when
returned to inventory (cost S 105) for credit. The total selling price was S4,730.
3 Received a $350 credit memo from Parkay Products for merchandise received on April 29 and returned for credit.
4 Purchased on credit from Thompson Supply Co.: merchandise, $37,100; store supplies, S580; and office supplies,
$85. Invoice dated May 4, terms n/10 EOM.
5 Received payment from Nabors Inc. from the sale of April 28.
8 Issued cheque #3411 to Parkay Products to pay for the $7,100 of merchandise received on April 29(terms 2/10,
n//30).
9 Sold store supplies to the merchant next door at cost for cash, S325.
10 Purchased office equipment on credit from Thompson Supply Co., invoice dated May 10, terms n/10 EOM,
$4,200.
11 Received payment from Essex Company for the May 2 sale.
11 Received merchandise and an invoice dated May 10, terms 2/10, n/30, from Gale Inc., $9,100.
12 Received an $850 credit memo from Thompson Supply Co. for defective office equipment received on May 10
and returned for credit
15 Issued cheque #3412
CHECK FIGURES: 3 . Profit = $ 2 3 , 8 5 6 ; Total

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