Adjusting entries. You have been retained to examine the records of Kathys Day Care Center...

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Adjusting entries. You have been retained to examine the records of Kathys Day Care Center as of December 31, 20X3, the close of the current reporting period. In the course of your examination, you discover the following: On January 1, 20X3, the Supplies account had a balance of $2,350. During the year, $5,520 worth of supplies was purchased, and a balance of $1,620 remained unused on December 31. Unrecorded interest owed to the center totaled $275 as of December 31. All clients pay tuition in advance, and their payments are credited to the Unearned Tuition Revenue account. The account was credited for $75,500 on August 31. With the exception of $15,500, which represented prepayments for 10 months tuition from several well-to-do families, all amounts were for the current semester ending on December 31. Depreciation on the schools van was $3,000 for the year. On August 1, the center began to pay rent in 6-month installments of $21,000. Kathy wrote a check to the owner of the building and recorded the check in Pre- paid Rent, a new account. Two salaried employees earn $400 each for a 5-day week. The employees are paid every Friday, and December 31 falls on a Thursda Kathys Day Care paid insurance premiums as follows, each time debiting Pre- paid Insurance:

Date Paid

Policy No.

Length of Policy

Amount

Feb. 1, 20X2

1033MCM19

1 year

$540

Jan. 1, 20X3

7952789HP

1 year

912

Aug. 1, 20X3

XQ943675ST

2 years

840

Instructions - The centers accounts were last adjusted on December 31, 20X2. Prepare the adjusting entries necessary under the accrual basis of accounting in the below general journal.

GENERAL JOURNAL KATHYS DAY CARE CENTER

Date

Account titles & Explanation

Debit

Credit

Dec. 31

To record supplies used

Supplies Expense

Supplies

Dec. 31

To record accrued interest

Interest Receivable

Interest Revenue

Dec. 31

To record tuition revenue earned

Unearned Tuition Revenue

Tuition Revenue

Dec. 31

To record depreciation expense

Depreciation expense

Accumulated Depreciation: Van

Dec. 31

To record expiration of prepaid rent

Rent expense

Prepaid Rent

Dec. 31

To record accrued salaries

Salaries Expense

Salaries Payable

Dec. 31

To record expired insurance

Insurance expense

Prepaid Insurance

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