On Apr. 1, you, the business owner donated the following assets to Eat Your Life Away: cash,
$20,000; accounts receivable, $14,700; food supplies, $3,300; and Kitchen Utensils, $12,000.
There were no liabilities received. On the same day, you paid three months’ rent on a lease rental
contract, $6,000. The following day, you paid the premiums on property and casualty insurance
policies, $4,200.
On April 4, you received $9,400 cash from BTL who had contracted you to supply food for its
50 employees for the month of April. As a result of this BTL contract, you purchased on the
following day additional restaurant office equipment on account from Angelus Press for $8,000.
On April 6, you received $11,700 cash from customers who were owing you from Stann Creek
on account. Because of the competition in the City amongst restaurant owners, on April 10, you
paid Amandala Newspapers $350 cash for a newspaper advertisement to announce your presence
in the city. On April 12, having received the money from your debtors in Stann Creek, you
decided to pay Angelus Press $6,400 for part of the debt incurred on April 5. On the same day,
you provided food worth $21,900 to a major political party having a convention on account for
the period April 1–12. Because of the bi-monthly payment agreement with your cook, you paid
her salary for two weeks of $1,650.
On April 17, you received cash from cash customers for foods sold during the period April 1–16,
$6,600 and you paid cash for food supplies, $725 the following day. Having established that the
political party is trustworthy, you provided additional foods on account for another rally held at
the Bliss Center for the period April 13–20, $16,800.
On April 24, you received cash from cash customers for food sold for the period April 17–24,
$4,450. On April 26, you received cash from the political party who bought food on account,
$26,500. Being another two-weeks period, you paid your cook’s two weeks’ salary of $1,650 on
April 27. You paid your telephone bill of $540 for the month of April on April 29 and BEL bill
of $760 the following day.
On the last day of the month, you received cash of $5,160 from cash customers for food sold for
the period April 25–30, supplied food on account to BTL & Digicel staff on account for the
remainder of April, $2,590. Because you had to pay for personal expenses, you withdrew
$18,000 for personal use.
Instructions
The Belize Income Tax Department wishes to conduct an audit of small businesses in Belize
and “Eat Your Life Away” was selected as one of the businesses the Tax Department
wishes to audit. Hence, it wants you to provide the following:
1. All the journal entries that you made during the month using a two-column journal and would
like you to use the following charts of accounts:
Cash Capital Accounts Receivable
Drawing Food Supplies Sales Revenue
Prepaid Rent Salary Expense Prepaid Insurance
Food Supplies Expense Kitchen Utensils Rent Expense
Accumulated Depreciation-Kitchen Utensils Depreciation Expense
Accounts Payable Insurance Expense Salaries Payable
Miscellaneous Expense Unearned Revenues
2. Post the journal to a ledger accounts.
3. Prepare an unadjusted trial balance.