Preparing the balance sheet from a trial balance and


P2-3 Recording Transactions in T-Accounts, Preparing the Balance Sheet from a Trial Balance, and Evaluating the Current Ratio LO2-2, 2-4, 2-5

Cougar Plastics Company has been operating for three years. At December 31, 2014, the accounting records reflected the following:

  Cash $ 22,000
Accounts payable $               15,000
  Investments (short-term) 3,000   Accrued liabilities payable                 4,000
  Accounts receivable 3,000
Notes payable (short-term)                 7,000
  Inventory   20,000   Long-term notes payable               47,000
  Notes receivable (long-term) 1,000
Common stock
              10,000
  Equipment   50,000   Additional paid-in capital               80,000
  Factory building 90,000
Retained earnings
              31,000
  Intangibles   5,000        

During the year 2015, the company had the following summarized activities:

a. Purchased short-term investments for $10,000 cash.
b. Lent $5,000 to a supplier who signed a two-year note.
c. Purchased equipment that cost $18,000; paid $5,000 cash and signed a one-year note for the balance.
d. Hired a new president at the end of the year. The contract was for $85,000 per year plus options to purchase company stock at a set price based on company performance.
e. Issued an additional 2,000 shares of $0.50 par value common stock for $11,000 cash.
f. Borrowed $9,000 cash from a local bank, payable in three months.
g. Purchased a patent (an intangible asset) for $3,000 cash.
h. Built an addition to the factory for $24,000; paid $8,000 in cash and signed a three-year note for the balance.
i. Returned defective equipment to the manufacturer, receiving a cash refund of $1,000.

Required:

1. & 2. Record each necessary entry for the events in 2015 in T-accounts (including referencing) and determine the ending balances. The balances at the end of 2014 have been entered as beginning balances for 2015.

(Transaction (a) has been completed in the T-accounts as an example.)

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