Reversing Entries
Response to the following problem:
During 2010, the Garson Company entered into two transactions involving promissory notes and properly recorded each transaction. These are listed next:
1. On November 1, 2010, it purchased land at a cost of $8,000. It made a $2,000 down payment and signed a note payable agreeing to pay the $6,000 balance in 6 months plus interest at an annual rate of 10%.
2. On December 1, 2010, it accepted a $4,200, three-month, 12% (annual interest rate) note receivable from a customer for the sale of merchandise. On December 31, 2010, the Garson Company made the following related adjustments:
Interest Expense 100
Interest Payable 100
Interest Receivable 42
Interest Revenue 42
Required
1. Assuming that the Garson Company uses reversing entries, prepare journal entries to record:
a. The January 1, 2011 reversing entries
b. The March 1, 2011 $4,326 collection of the note receivable
c. The May 1, 2011 $6,300 payment of the note payable
2. Assuming instead that the Garson Company does not use reversing entries, prepare journal entries to record the collection of the note receivable and the payment of the note payable.