Question 1 (40 marks)

A- Tracy Underhill operates as a sole trader. Below is a trial balance extracted from her books as at

31 December 2017.

Trial balance for Tracy Underhill as at 31 December 2017

	Debit	Credit
	_ .
Sales revenue		695,000
Inventory (as at 1 January 2017)	105,800
Purchases	625,200
Non-current assets at cost:
Equipment	100,000
Motor vehicle	80,000
Accumulated depreciation:
Equipment		10,000
Motor vehicle		10,000
Insurance	14,700
Rent	30,000
Heating and lighting	10,000
Salaries and wages	40,000
Motor expenses	15,300
Miscellaneous expenses	28,500
Receivables	110,000
Allowance for receivables		14,000
Payables		101,500
Cash	71,000
Bank loan		100,000
Capital		300,000
Total	1,230,500	1,230,500

Additional information is provided for use in preparing the companys adjustments:

1. The value of closing inventory is 102,500.
2. Interest is payable on the bank loan at eight per cent per annum. The annual amount due as at 31 December 2017 had not yet been paid.
3. Tracy has paid her rent until 31 March 2018. Her annual rent is 24,000.
4. Office equipment has a useful life of ten years and a residual value of 0. It is to be depreciated on a straight-line basis.
5. The motor vehicle with a useful life of ten years and an estimated residual value of 30,000 is to be depreciated on a straight-line basis at a rate of 10%.
6. Tracy finds that receivables of 10,000 need to be written off as irrecoverable.
7. The allowance for receivables is to be set at ten per cent of the remaining outstanding receivables as at 31 December 2017.
8. The heating bill will arrive on 5 January and about 1,000 is expected to relate to the period until 31 December.

Required:

1. Make the end-of-period adjustments entries (11 Marks)
2. Prepare Tracys income statement for the year ended December 31, 2017. (9 Marks)
3. Prepare Tracys balance sheet as at December 31, 2017. (10 Marks)

B- What will be the effect on financial statements if an accrued expense is not recorded at the end of the year? (4 marks)

C- On June 30 of the current calendar year, Apricot Co. paid $9,500 cash for management services to be performed over a two-year period. Apricot follows a policy of recording all prepaid expenses to expense accounts at the time of cash payment.

Required:

1- Prepare the adjusting entry on December 31 for Apricot Co.

2- Show the effect of the adjusting entry on Income statement and balance sheet at the end of the

Current calendar year