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Preparing an Income Statement, Retained Earnings Statement, and Balance Sheet

 

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to help students become familiar with the presentation of the income statement and the retained earnings statement, including how parts of the financial statement is evaluated to determine the operational success of the business. 

Assignment Steps 

Resources: Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, p. 36

Scenario: On June 1, 2017, Elite Service Co. was started with an initial investment in the company of $22,100 cash. Below are the assets, liabilities, and common stock of the company June 30, 2017, and the revenues and expenses for the month of June, its first month of operations: 

 

Cash

$ 4,600

Notes payable

$12,000

Accounts receivable

4,000

Accounts payable

500

Service revenue

7,500

Supplies expense

1,000

Supplies

2,400

Maintenance and repairs expense

600

Advertising expense

400

Utilities expense

300

Equipment

26,000

Salaries and wages expense

1,400

Common stock

22,100

 

 



In June, the company issues no additional stock but paid dividends of $1,400. 

Prepare an income statement, retained earnings statement, and balance sheet analyzing your findings using the questions below, in a total of 1,050 words:

  • Briefly address whether the company's first month of operations was a success.
  • Discuss the company's decision to distribute a dividend.

Read Ch. 1 of Financial Accounting. 

Consider the following as you read: 

Every industry has language and processes unique to its sector, and the business world is no different. Accounting is known as the language of business, and anyone seeking to understand how business works must become familiar with accounting. As you go through the lessons in this chapter consider the following: 

  • How does one determine which form of business is most suitable?
  • What is the purpose of accounting information?

 

 

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