46. Herman and Sons’ Law Offices
Statement of Income
For the year ended December 31, 2015
Revenues:
Expenses:
47. Net Income
Herman and Sons’ Law Offices
Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
For the year ended December 31, 2015
Capital Stock
Retained Earnings
Total Equity
Balance, January 1
48. Balance, December 31
Herman and Sons’ Law Offices
Balance Sheet
As of December 31, 2015
ASSETS:
TOTAL ASSETS
50. Herman and Sons’ Law Offices
Statement of Cash Flows
For the year ended December 31, 2015
Operating Activities:
Cash flow from operating activities
Investing Activities:
51. Cash flow from investing activities
Financing Activities:
Cash flow from financing activities
Change in cash for the year
Beginning cash balance
Ending cash balance
52. Herman and Sons Law Offices
Post-Closing Trial Balance
At December 31, 2015
Account
Debit
Credit
54. Intermediate Accounting
Accounting Cycle Project
You have been engaged to perform accounting services for
Herman and Sons’ Law Offices. Your responsibilities include
maintaining all accounting records and preparing annual
financial statements. Herman and Sons’ opened on January 1,
2015. During the year, the firm had the following transactions:
1. January 2: The owners invested $325,000 into the business
and acquired 25,000 shares of capital stock in return.
2. January 15: Herman and Sons’ took out a note for $100,000
from the bank to finance the purchase of an office building.
3. January 15: Herman and Sons’ bought an office building in
the amount of $100,000.
4. February 12: Herman and Sons’ billed clients for $120,000 of
services performed.
5. March 1: Herman and Sons’ took out a two-year insurance
policy, which it paid cash for in the amount of $16,000.
6. March 10: Herman collected $20,000 from clients toward the
outstanding accounts receivable balance.
7. May 13: Herman received cash payments totaling $175,000
for legal services—$70,000 was for services previously billed to
customers on February 12 and the remainder was for services
provided in May not yet recorded.
8. June 10: Herman purchased office supplies in the amount of
$35,000, all of which it paid on credit account with the supplier.
9. July 15: Herman paid wages of $50,000 in cash to office staff
workers.
10. August 8: Herman paid the $15,000 owed to a supplier for
the purchase made on June 10.
11. September 3: Herman and Sons’ purchased $25,000 of office
supplies in cash.
12. September 20: The company paid $9,000 cash for utilities.
13. October 1: Herman and Sons’ paid wages in the amount of
55. $38,000 to office workers.
14. December 1: Herman and Sons’ received cash payments
from clients in the amount of $200,000 for services to be
performed in the upcoming months.
15. December 31: Herman declared and paid a $8,000 dividend.
Your first step is to analyze each transaction during Herman and
Sons’ first year of business and enter them into the accounting
system. Specifically, you first perform the following tasks.
a. Journalize the transactions for the year.
b. Post the transactions to the general ledger.
c. Prepare an unadjusted trial balance as of December 31.
Next, you begin to prepare the annual financial statements.
Before preparing the statements, you identify the following
additional information.
· Of the cash payments received from customers on December 1,
30% of these services were performed in December and half
relates to future services to be rendered in the following year.
· Ten months of the insurance policy expired by the end of the
year.
· Depreciation for the full year should be recorded on the
building purchased. The building has a 30-year life and no
residual value. Depreciation will be recorded on a straight-line
basis.
· A total of $10,000 of supplies remains on hand at the end of
the year.
· Interest expense in the amount of $6,000 should be accrued on
the note payable.
· Wages in the amount of $25,000 must be accrued at year end
to be paid in January.
Using this additional information, you are able to make required
56. adjusting journal entries, prepare the financial statements and
close the books for the year. To accomplish these tasks, you
must perform the following:
d. Journalize adjusting journal entries for Herman and Sons’.
e. Post adjusting journal entries.
f. Prepare an adjusted trial balance as of December 31.
g. Prepare the financial statements including:
- single-step income statement,
- a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity,
- a balance sheet, and
- a statement of cash flows.
h. Journalize and post the necessary closing entries at year-
end.
i. Prepare a post-closing trial balance as of December 31,
2015.
You prepare the following chart of accounts for Herman and
Sons’ Law Offices:
Chart of Accounts
Group
Account #
Account Title
100: Assets
101
Cash