EXERCISE 1-23A
a.
Flowers Company
Accounting Equation as of December 31, 2016
Retained Earnings = $130,000 – $70,000 – $50,000 = $10,000
Retained Earnings after closing:
Retained Earnings before closing
b. Retained Earnings after closing is $10,000 (see the equation above).
c. The balances in revenue, expense and dividends before closing are:
d. After closing revenue, expense and dividends, the all of the balances
will be zero.
e. Both Common Stock and Retained Earnings represent obligations the
business has to stockholders. The Common Stock represents the
assets a business has acquired from owners. Retained earnings
represent assets a business has acquired by conducting its operations.