Recording the transactions using cash method


Response to the following problem:

Sweet Catering completed the following selected transactions during May 2016:

May 1: Prepaid rent for three months, $3,000

May 5: Received and paid electricity bill, $70

May 9: Received cash for meals served to customers, $620

May 14: Paid cash for kitchen equipment, $3,310

May 23: Served a banquet on account, $1,840

May 31: Made the adjusting entry for rent (from May 1).

May 31: Accrued salary expense, $510

May 31: Recorded depreciation for May on kitchen equipment, $520

If Sweet Catering had recorded transactions using the Cash method, how much net income (loss) would they have recorded for the month of May? If there is a loss, enter it with parentheses or a negative sign.

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