Question

The accountant for Eva's Laundry prepared the following unadjusted and adjusted trial balances. Assume that all balances in the unadjusted trial balance and the amounts of the adjustments are correct. Identify the errors in the accountant's adjusting entries, assuming that none of the accounts were affected by more than one adjusting entry.
Eva's Laundry
Trial Balances
May 31, 2018
Unadjusted Adjusted
Debit Balances Credit Balances Debit Balances Credit Balances
Cash . 7,500 7,500
Accounts Receivable . 18,250 23,250
Laundry Supplies 3,750 6,750
Prepaid Insurance* 5,200 1,600
Laundry Equipment . . 190,000 177,000
Accumulated Depreciation—Laundry
48,000 48,000
Accounts Payable 9,600 9,600
Wages Payable 1,000
Capital Stock . . 35,000 35,000
Retained Earnings 75,300 75,300
Dividends 28,775
Laundry Revenue 182,100 182,100
Wages Expense 49,200 49,200
Rent Expense . . 25,575 25,575
Utilities Expense . 18,500 18,500
Depreciation Expense 13,000
Laundry Supplies Expense 3,000
Insurance Expense 600
Miscellaneous Expense .3,250 3,250
350,000 350,000 358,000 351,000

Answer 1

Answer:

See the errors identified below.

Explanation:

Note: The data in this question are merged together. They are therefore sorted before answering the question. See the attached pdf file for the complete question with the sorted data.

The explanation of the answer is now given as follows:

The following errors can be identified in the accountant's adjusting entries:

1.The accountant debited the account receivable for $5,000 (i.e. $23,250 - $18,250 = $5,000) without crediting laundry revenue.

Therefore, we should have:

Correct amount of laundry revenue = Laundry revenue in trial balance + (Adjusted account receivable - Unadjusted account receivable) = $182,100 + ($23,250 - $18,250) = $187100

2. The accountant debited laundry suppliers expense instead of crediting laundry suppliers for $3,000.

3. The the accountant credited Prepaid insurance for $3,600 (i.e. $5,200 - $1,600 = $3,600). However, the insurance expense was debited for $600.

4. Instead of crediting accumulated depreciation, the laundry equipment for depreciation expense was erroneously credited by the accountant for $13,000.

5. A debit of $1,000 to wages expense was not made by the accountant.

Additional Note:

After correcting the errors identified above, the correct adjusted trial balance will look as the one in the attached photo.