PROJECT 1: MARCIA WESTCOTT, ACCOUNTING
Project 1 culminates the activities in Part 2 of the book: Sage 50 2019 for
Service Businesses. In this project the students set up a sole
proprietorship, service business for Marcia Westcott, Accounting. Ms.
Westcott started her accounting practice on December 1, 2019, in Yuma,
AZ. Ms. Westcott has three employees who are independent contractors.
In Chapter 15, payroll accounting is studied in detail.
It is the students’ job to use Sage 50 to set up Ms. Westcott’s business,
edit the Chart of Accounts, enter Chart of Accounts beginning balances for
November 1 through 30, 2019, and record the transactions for the month
of December 2019. Students also complete account reconciliation,
journalize and post adjusting entries, print financial statements, and close
the fiscal year. You may want to collect some or all of the reports shown in