The act of logging any transaction, whether or not it is an economic one, is known as a journal entry. Transactions are listed in an accounting journal that shows a company's debit and credit balances.
<h3>Give a brief account on adjusting journal entries.</h3>
An adjusting journal entry is one that is made at the end of an accounting period in the general ledger of a business to record any unrealized income or expenses that occurred during the period. An adjusting journal entry is necessary to accurately account for a transaction that happens between two accounting periods.
To solve the question :
1. Adjusting journal entries are as follows :
Particulars Debit. Credit
a. Insurance expense A/c
($800 + $2,500 - $2,400) $600
To prepaid insurance A/c $600
(entry for expired portion of
prepaid insurance)
b. Interest receivable A/c $1,200
To interest revenue A/c $1,200
(adjusting entry for
accrued interest revenue)
c. Unearned service revenue A/c ($1,500 - $600) $900
To service revenue A/c $900
(entry for earned portion of
unearned service revenue)
d. Depreciation expense A/c $4,700
To accumulated depreciation A/c $4,700
(To record depreciation expenses)
e. Salaries Expense A/c
($24,000 / 5 days × 3 days) $14,400
To Salaries payable A/c $14,400
(To record accrued salaries expenses)
f. Income tax expense A/c
($21,000 × 25%) $5,250
To income tax payable A/c $5,250
(To record income tax expenses)
2. Calculating whether these omitted adjustments resulted in an overstatement or underestimate of net income
a. Adjusting Entry for Insurance Expense of $600 : Overstated
b. Adjusting Entry for accrued revenue of $1,200 : Understated
c. Adjusting entry for Service Revenue Earned of $900 : Understated
d. Adjusting Entry for Depreciation Expense of $4,700 : Overstated
e. Adjusting Entry for Salaries Expense for
three day of $14,400 : Overstated
f. Adjusting Entry for Income Tax Expense of $5,250 : Overstated
Impact on Net Income without Adjusting Entries of $22,850 : Overstated
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