Question

Greese Company purchased office supplies costing $4,000 and debited Supplies for the full amount. At the end of the accounting period, a physical count of office supplies revealed $1,500 still on hand. The appropriate adjusting journal entry to be made at the end of the period would be:_________.
a. debit Supplies Expense, $1,500; credit Supplies, $1,500.
b. debit Supplies, $2,500; credit Supplies Expense, $2,500.
c. debit Supplies Expense, $2,500; credit Supplies, $2,500.
d. debit Supplies, $1,500; credit Supplies Expense, $1,500.

Answer 1

Answer:

D) debit Supplies, $1,500; credit Supplies Expense, $1,500.

Explanation:

The first journal entry was:

Dr Supplies expense 4,000

    Cr Cash 4,000

If at the end of the year the supplies inventory equals $1,500, then the supplies expense must decrease. Expenses have a debit balance, if we want to decrease them, we must credit them.

The adjusting entry would be:

Dr Supplies 1,500

    Cr Supplies expense 1,500

This way the supplies account (asset) increases, while the expenses decrease.