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A company purchased new furniture at a cost of $16,000 on January 1. The furniture is estimated to have a useful life of 6 years and a $1,000 salvage value. The company uses the straight-line method of depreciation. What is the book value of the furniture on December 31 of the first year?

A) $13,333
B) $16,000
C) $13,500
D) $15,000
E) $2,500

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Question 42

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In its first year of operations, Grace Company reports the following: Earned revenues of $60,000 ($52,000 cash received from customers) ; Incurred expenses of $35,000 ($31,000 cash paid toward them) ; Prepaid $8,000 cash for costs that will not be expensed until next year. Net income under the accrual basis of accounting is:

A) $13,000.
B) $21,000.
C) $25,000.
D) $17,000.
E) None of these options are correct

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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A company records the fees for legal services paid in advance by its clients in an account called Unearned Legal Fees. If the company fails to make the end-of-period adjusting entry to move the portion of these fees that has been earned to a revenue account, one effect will be:

The accrual basis of accounting recognizes expenses when cash is paid.

A company's Office Supplies account shows a beginning balance of $600 and an ending balance of $400. If office supplies expense for the year is $3,100, what amount of office supplies was purchased during the period?

Adjusting entries result in a better matching of revenues and expenses for the period.

Failure to record depreciation expense will overstate assets and understate expenses.

A company entered into a 2-month contract for $50,000 on April 1. It earned $25,000 of the contract services in April and billed the customer. The company should recognize the revenue when it receives the customer's check.

On May 1, a two-year insurance policy was purchased for $18,000 with coverage to begin immediately. What is the amount of insurance expense that would appear on the company's income statement for the first year ended December 31?

On December 1, Simpson Marketing Company received $3,600 from a customer for a 2-month marketing plan to be completed January 31 of the following year. The cash receipt was recorded as unearned fees. The adjusting entry for the year ended December 31 would include:

The accrual basis of accounting requires adjustments to recognize revenues in the periods they are earned and to match expenses with revenues.

An adjusting entry often includes an entry to Cash.

Holman Company owns equipment with an original cost of $95,000 and an estimated salvage value of $5,000 that is being depreciated at $15,000 per year using the straight-line depreciation method, and only prepares adjustments at year-end. The adjusting entry needed to record annual depreciation is:

A company paid $9,000 for a twelve-month insurance policy on February 1. The policy coverage began on February 1. On February 28, $750 of insurance expense must be recorded.

All of the following statements regarding profit margin are true except:

A contra account is an account linked with another account; it is added to that account to show the proper amount for the item recorded in the associated account.

On January 1, Fashion Forward Magazine received $15,000 from subscribers for the annual subscriptions that it recorded in Unearned Subscription Revenue. The issues of the magazine are mailed to subscribers quarterly. What amount of subscription revenue should the magazine recognize on March 31 when the first issue is sent in March?

Depreciation measures the decline in market value of an asset.

Net income for a period will be understated if accrued revenues are not recorded at the end of the accounting period.

If a company reporting on a calendar year basis, paid $18,000 cash on January 1 for one year of rent in advance (lease beginning January 1), and adjusting entries are made at the end of each month, the balance remaining in Prepaid Rent on December 1 should be $1,500.