Question: State College Technology Store (SCTS) is a retail computer store in the university center of a large midwestern university. SCTS engaged in the following transactions
| State College Technology Store (SCTS) is a retail computer store in the university center of a large midwestern university. SCTS engaged in the following transactions during November of the current year: |
| Nov. 1 | Purchased 20 Nopxe laptop computers on account from Led Inc. The laptop computers cost $800 each, for a total of $16,000. Payment is due in 30 days. |
| Nov. 6 | Sold four Nopxe laptop computers on account to the Department of Microbiology at State College at a retail sales price of $1,200 each, for a total of $4,800. Payment is due in 30 days. |
| Dec. 1 | Paid the $16,000 account payable to Led Inc. |
| Dec. 6 | Collected the $4,800 account receivable from State College's Department of Microbiology. |
| Assume that the other expenses incurred by SCTS during November and December were $1,000, and assume that all of these expenses were paid in cash. SCTS is not subject to income tax because it is a wholly owned unit of a nonprofit organization. |
| a. | Compute the net income (loss) of SCTS during November and December using accrual accounting principles. | |
| b. | Compute what SCTS's net income (loss) would have been had it used the cash basis of accounting. | |
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