Determine the porter corporations balance sheet


Porter Corporation's balance sheet at December 31, 2011, is presented below.

PORTER CORPORATION
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2011

Cash
$14,060

Accounts payable
$8,630
Accounts receivable
21,700

Common stock
15,400
Allowance for doubtful accounts
(870 )
Retained earnings
20,120
Inventory
9,260






$44,150



$44,150








































During January 2012, the following transactions occurred. Porter uses the perpetual inventory method.

Jan. 1
Porter accepted a 4-month, 8% note from Anderko Company in payment of Anderko's $3,600 account.
3
Porter wrote off as uncollectible the accounts of Elrich Corporation ($400) and Rios Company ($200).
8
Porter purchased $16470 of inventory on account.
11
Porter sold for $27200 on account inventory that cost $17,860.
15
Porter sold inventory that cost $750 to Fred Berman for $1,400. Berman charged this amount on his Visa First Bank card. The service fee charged Porter by First Bank is 3%.
17
Porter collected $22,200 from customers on account.
21
Porter paid $16,090 on accounts payable.
24
Porter received payment in full ($200) from Rios Company on the account written off on January 3.
27
Porter purchased advertising supplies for $1,440 cash.
31
Porter paid other operating expenses, $3,230.

Adjustment data:

1.
Interest is recorded for the month on the note from January 1.
2.
Bad debts are expected to be 6% of the January 31, 2012, accounts receivable.
3.
A count of advertising supplies on January 31, 2012, reveals that $590 remains unused.
4.

The income tax rate is 30%. (Hint: Prepare the income statement up to "Income before taxes" and multiply by 30% to compute the amount; round to whole dollars.)

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