Prepare the balance sheet statement of retained earnings


Assignment

Harriet's Hats, Inc.

Harriet's Hats is a fictional company. The following information includes the balance sheet as of December 31, 2014, and the details of the transactions that occurred during 2015.

Background: Harriet's Hats is a hat retailer (in other words, Harriet's buys hats from a hat manufacturer and then sells them in their stores). Transactions for 2015 are representative of such a company's business activities. HINT: Read through the entire assignment at least twice before beginning to do any work. This will help you familiarize yourself with all of the important facts.

Transactions for 2015:

1. Sales and Accounts Receivable

a. Harriet's hats during 2015 had a sales price of $90 per hat. All sales were made on account.
b. Cash collections on account amounted to $300,000.
c. On July 1, 2015, Harriet's identified $25,000 of receivables as being uncollectible and wrote them off.
d. Harriet's follows a percentage-of-receivables approach to estimate their accounts receivable that will become uncollectible. As of the end of 2014, Harriet's estimates that 8% of their receivables will be uncollectible.

2. Inventory

a. Harriet's began 2015 with 2,000 hats which had a cost of $30 each. Employees physically counted 1,800 hats remaining in the warehouse at the end of 2015. Harriet's uses a periodic LIFO inventory system to cost their inventory. The following purchases (all on account) were made during 2015:

i. January 15th - 2,000 hats @ $41.00 each
ii. March 22nd - 1,500 hats @ $43.00 each
iii. August 5th - 3,000 hats @ $45.00 each
iv. October 26th - 1,300 hats @ $50.00 each

b. During 2015, Harriet's made cash payments to inventory suppliers on the following dates:

i. January 29th - $65,600
ii. April 16th - $77,400
iii. October 2nd - $135,000
iv. November 30th - $58,500

3. Property, Plant and Equipment

a. Harriet's uses straight-line depreciation for all of its store fixtures and office equipment.
b. Below is a schedule of the store fixtures and office equipment Harriet's had in place at the end of 2014.

 

FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT (as of December 31, 2014)

ID #

Historical
Cost

Estimated
Useful Life

Estimated
Salvage Value

Date acquired

1256

$48,000

12 years

$0

Jan. 1, 2007

1876

$60,000

10 years

$3,000

Jan. 1, 2008

4299

$92,000

8 years

$7,000

Jan. 1, 2009

c. On January 1, 2015 new store fixtures were purchased for $32,000 in cash. Harriet's expects the fixtures to have a 10 year useful life and a $4,000 salvage value.

d. On April 1, 2015 office equipment (ID#1876) was sold for $20,000.

4. Debt

a. On August 1, 2015, Harriet's paid-off the note payable that was outstanding at the beginning of the period. The note had an 8% interest rate, had been issued on August 1, 2014, and required semiannual interest payments on Jan 31, 2015 and July 31, 2015.

b. On October 1, 2015, Harriet's borrowed $150,000 on a new note payable. The new note carries a 6% interest rate with semiannual interest payments required on March 31, 2016 and September 30, 2016.

5. Operations

a. Harriet's made a rent payment of $48,000 on August 1, 2015. The payment was for rent on the store building and was prepaid for one year. The balance in the prepaid account at the end of 2014 represents the rent for January through July 31, 2015 that was paid for on August 1, 2014.

b. Cash paid out during 2015 for wages totaled $55,000. Records indicate that salaries for the last week of December 2015 amounted to $7,500 and would be paid at the end of the first week in January 2016 (a two-week pay period).

c. Other expenses (paid in cash) totaled $12,500.

6. Income Taxes

a. On March 15, 2015, Harriet's paid their 2014 income taxes. Harriet's will pay their 2015 income taxes on March 15, 2016. Harriet's has a 30% income tax rate for both 2014 and 2015.

7. Common Stock

a. On December 1, 2015, dividends of $10,000 were declared and paid.
b. On January 1, 2015, Harriet's issued 5,000 additional shares of common stock for $15 per share.

Required:

1. Using the journal and T-accounts provided, record the transactions that occurred during 2015. If no specific date is provided for a transaction, leave the date column blank. IMPORTANT: Since there are several transactions for which no date is given, the journal entries do NOT need to be in chronological order. All adjusting and closing entries should have December 31, 2015 as the date.

2. Prepare the balance sheet, statement of retained earnings and income statement for Harriet's Hats, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2015.

3. Record the closing entries for the company (this step is often skipped, don't lose these points).

Check Figures:

• Income Taxes Expense: $51,728
• Total Current Liabilities: $233,478
• Total Current Assets: $517,000

Harriet's Hats
Balance Sheet
For the Year Ended December 31, 2014

Assets

 

 

Cash

 

$ 100,000

Accounts Receivable

65,000

 

Less: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

(5,200)

 

Net Accounts Receivable

 

59,800

Prepaid Rent

 

24,500

Inventory

 

60,000

Total Current Assets

 

$ 244,300

Property, Plant, and Equipment

200,000

 

Less: Accumulated Depreciation

(135,650)

 

Net Property, Plant, and Equipment

 

64,350

Total Assets

 

$ 308,650

Liabilities and Owner's Equity

 

 

Accounts Payable

 

$ 12,000

Wages Payable

 

5,000

Interest Payable

 

3,000

Income Taxes Payable

 

42,000

Notes Payable

 

90,000

Total Current Liabilities

 

$ 152,000

Common Stock (20,000 shares outstanding, $1 par)

 

20,000

Additional Paid In Capital

 

20,000

Retained Earnings

 

116,650

Total Liabilities and Owner's Equity

 

$ 308,650

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