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Each adjusting entry will affect a balance sheet account.

Wong Co. maintains a $300 petty cash fund. On January 31, the fund is replenished. The accumulated receipts on that date represent $80 for office supplies, $160 for merchandise inventory, and $20 for miscellaneous expenses. There is a cash shortage of $8. Based on this information, the amount of cash in the fund before the replenishment is:

Speckles, Inc. uses a perpetual inventory system and the gross method of accounting for purchases. The company purchased $9,750 of merchandise on August 7 with terms 1/10, n/30. On August 11, it returned $1,500 worth of merchandise. On August 16, it paid the full amount due. The amount of the cash paid on August 16 equals:

A company paid $150,000, plus a 7% commission and $5,000 in closing costs for a property. The property included land appraised at $87,500, land improvements appraised at $35,000, and a building appraised at $52,500. What should be the allocation of this property’s costs in the company’s accounting records?

Risk is:

If cash was incorrectly debited for $100 instead of correctly crediting it for $100, the cash account’s balance will be overstated (too high).

On January 1, a company purchased a five-year insurance policy for $1,800 with coverage starting immediately. If the purchase was recorded in the Prepaid Insurance account, and the company records adjustments only at year-end, the adjusting entry at the end of the first year is:

As a general rule, revenues should not be recognized in the accounting records when earned, but rather when cash is received.

Wong Co. maintains a $300 petty cash fund. On January 31, the fund is replenished. The accumulated receipts on that date represent $80 for office supplies, $160 for merchandise inventory, and $20 for miscellaneous expenses. There is a cash shortage of $8. Based on this information, the amount of cash in the fund before the replenishment is:

Hastings Co. establishes a $250 petty cash fund on September 1. On September 30, the fund is replenished. The accumulated receipts on that date represent $73 for Office Supplies, $137 for merchandise inventory, and $22 for miscellaneous expenses. The fund has a balance of $18. On October 1, the accountant determines that the fund should be increased by $50. The journal entry to record the reimbursement of the fund on September 30 includes a: