Question: I need help finding the post closing trial balance On January 2 nd , Jerry Andrews, a dentist, opened a dental office. The following transactions

I need help finding the post closing trial balance On January 2nd, Jerry Andrews, a dentist, opened a dental office. The following transactions were completed during the first month of operations.
Jan 2 Jerry invested $30,000 cash and $13,200 worth of dental equipment in the business in exchange for common stock in a new corporation called J.A. Dentist, Inc.
Jan 3 Paid four months rent of $2,000.
Jan 4 Purchases $1,000 of dental supplies and paid cash.
Jan 4 Paid insurance premiums of $3,600 for a 1-year insurance policy.
Jan 6 Earned and collected dental fees of $14,600 in cash during the week.
Jan 9 Paid secretary a salary of $1,200.
Jan 10 Purchased $300 of dental supplies on account.
Jan 11 Bought an automobile for business use. It cost $13,000. Jerry paid $3,000 cash and signed a note payable for the balance.
Jan 13 Received a $240 telephone bill that will be paid later.
Jan13 Billed customers $6,000 for dental fees earned during the week.
Jan 16 Received a $150 electric bill that will be paid later in the month.
Jan 18 Paid $300 for dental supplies purchased on Jan 10.
Jan 20 Earned and collected dental fees of $4,500 in cash during the week.
Jan 23 Paid $450 for advertising in a local newspaper.
Jan 23 Received a $75 water bill that will be paid later.
Jan 24 Paid $450 for advertising in a local newspaper.
Jan 25 Received $2,500 from customers on account.
Jan 27 Paid a dividend of $3,500 to Jerry Andrew the sole stockholder.
Jan 30 Paid the telephone, water, and electricity bills.
Jan 30 Billed customers $2,000 for dental fees earned during the week.
Jan 31 Received $1,500 from customers on account.
Required: Complete these steps in order, do not move on to the next step until you are sure that the previous steps are completed correctly
Record the January Transactions in a general journal. (Make the appropriate journal entries and you may omit journal entry descriptions.)
Post the journal entries to the general ledger.
Prepare a trial balance for January.
Record adjusting entries in the general journal and post the adjusting entries to the general ledger.
Dental supplies on hand at the end of the month amount to $350.
Make adjusting entry for the insurance premiums expired.
Accrued $840 for salary earned that will be paid in February.
Ignore depreciation for this month. No adjustment needed.
Do you need an adjustment for Rent Expense?
Prepare an adjusted trial balance for January 31. Prepare the income statement, statement of retained earnings and balance sheet as of January 31.
Since January 31. is the end of the fiscal year record the closing entries in the general journal and post the closing entries to the general ledger.
Prepare a post-closing trial balance as of January 31.

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