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258) Verity Siding Company, owned by S. Verity, its sole stockholder, began operations in May
and completed the following transactions during that first month of operations. Show the effects
of the transactions on the accounts of the accounting equation by recording increases and
decreases in the appropriate columns in the table below. Do not determine new account balances
after each transaction. Determine the final total for each account and verify that the equation is in
balance.
S. Verity invested $90,000 cash in the company in exchange for common
stock.
The company purchased $25,000 in office equipment. It paid $10,000 in cash
and signed a note payable promising to pay the $15,000 over the next three
years.
The company rented office space and paid $3,000 for the May rent.
The company installed new vinyl siding for a customer and immediately
collected $5,000.
The company paid a supplier $2,000 for siding materials used on the May 6
job.
The company purchased a $2,500 copy machine for office use on credit.
The company completed work for additional customers on credit in the
amount of $16,000.
The company paid its employees’ salaries $2,300 for the first half of the
month.
The company installed new siding for a customer and immediately collected
$2,400.
The company received $10,000 in payments from the customers billed on May
9.
The company paid $1,500 on the copy machine purchased on May 8. It will
pay the remaining balance in June.
The company paid its employees’ salaries $2,400 for the second half of the
month.
The company paid a supplier $5,300 for siding materials used on the
remaining jobs completed during May.
The company paid $450 for this month’s utility bill.