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The following information is available on a depreciable asset owned by Omaha Bank:  Purchase date July 1, Year 1 Purchase price $85,000 Salvage value $10,000 Useful life 10 years Depreciation method straight-line The asset’s book value is $70,000 on July 1, Year 3. On that date, management determines that the asset’s salvage value should be $5,000 rather than the original estimate of $10,000. Based on this information, the amount of depreciation expense the company should recognize during the last six months of Year 3 would be:

On December 1, Homers Promotions 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:

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

Kennedy Company sold $180 of merchandise to a customer who used a Capitol Two Bank credit card. Capitol Two Bank deducts a 4% service charge for sales on its credit cards. Kennedy electronically remits the credit card sales receipts to the credit card company and receives payment immediately. The journal entry to record this sale transaction would be:

A company earned $3,000 in net income for October. Its net sales for October were $10,000. Its profit margin is:

The following information is taken from Clinton Company’s December 31 balance sheet:      Cash and cash equivalents $ 8,419 Accounts receivable   70,422 Merchandise inventories   60,362 Prepaid expenses   4,100 Accounts payable $ 14,950 Notes payable   86,638 Other current liabilities   9,500 If net credit sales for the current year were $612,000, the firm’s days’ sales uncollected for the year is: (Use 365 days a year.)

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

On March 12, Korn Company sold merchandise in the amount of $7,800 to Babcock Company, with credit terms of 2/10, n/30. The cost of the items sold is $4,500. Korn uses the perpetual inventory system and the gross method of accounting for sales. The journal entry or entries that Korn will make on March 12 is:

At the end of its first month of operations, Don’s Repair Services reported net income of $25,000. They also had account balances of: Cash, $18,000; Office Supplies, $2,000 and Accounts Receivable $10,000. The sole stockholder’s total investment in exchange for common stock for this first month was $5,000. There were no dividends in the first month. Calculate the amount of total equity to be reported on the balance sheet at the end of the month.

Spencer, Inc rents space to a tenant for $2,200 per month. The tenant currently owes rent for November and December. The tenant has agreed to pay the November, December, and January rents in full on January 15 and has agreed not to fall behind again. The adjusting entry needed on December 31 is: