Inferring investing and financing transactions


Task: Inferring Investing and Financing Transactions and Preparing a Balance Sheet

Problem 1: Inferring Investing and Financing Transactions and Preparing a Balance Sheet:

During its first week of operations, January 1-7, 2006, Faith's Fine Furniture Corporation completed six transactions with the dollar effects indicated in the following schedule:

Dollar Effect of Each of the Six Transactions
Accounts 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ending Balance
Cash    $12,000    $50,000    $(4,000)    $4,000    $(7,000)
Equipment    7,000
Land    12,000    $3,000
Long-term Debt    50,000    8,000    4,000    3,000
Contributed Capital    12,000

Required to do:

1. Write a brief explanation of transactions 1 through 6. Explain any assumptions that you made.

2. Compute the ending balance in each account and prepare a classified balance sheet for Faith's Fine Furniture Company on January 7, 2006.

3. As of January 7, 2006, has most of the financing for Faith's investment in assets come from liabilities or stockholders' equity?

Problem 2: Inferring Investing and Financing Transactions and Preparing a Balance Sheet:

During its first month of operations, March 2006, Faye's Fashions,
Inc., completed four transactions with the dollar effects indicated in the following schedule:
Dollar Effect of Each of the Four Transactions
Accounts 1 2 3 4 Ending Balance

Cash    $50,000    $(4,000)    $5,000    $(4,000)
Computer Equipment    4,000
Delivery Truck    25,000
Long-term Notes Payable    21,000

Required to do:

1. Write a brief explanation of transactions 1 through 4
2. Explain any assumptions that you made.
3. Compute the ending balance in each account and prepare a classified balance sheet for Faye's Fashions, Inc., at the end of March 2006.
4. As of March 31, 2006, has most of the financing for Faye's investment in assets come from liabilities or stockholders' equity?

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