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17 August, 2015 - 10:53

Jewell Contractors Corporation was incorporated on May 1, 2015 and had the following transactions during its first month of operations.

May

1

Issued share capital for $5,000 cash

 

1

Paid $1,500 rent in advance for three months: May, June, and July (recorded as prepaid expense)

 

2

Purchased %1,000 of supplies on credit (record the asset as unused supplies)

 

2

Received $1,000 cash from a customer for work to be performed at a later date

 

3

Billed a customer $1,500 for repairs performed

 

4

Paid $50 for an advertizement in The News

 

5

Received $250 cash for work completed today

 

10

Collected the amount billed on May 3

 

15

Paid $500 cash to a creditor

 

18

Borrowed $2,000 cash from the bank

 

20

Signed a major contract for work to be done in June

 

22

Purchased for cash $3,000 of equipment

 

25

Billed customers $3,500 for work completed to date

 

27

Paid the following expenses: electricity, $75; telephone, $25; and wages, $2,000

 

31

Transferred the amount of May’s rent ($500) from prepaid expense to rent expense

 

31

Counted $200 of supplies still on hand: the rest had been used during May

 

31

Competed $600 of work that had been paid on May2 and billed the customer.

 

Required:

1.

Record the above transactions on a transactions worksheet and calculate the total of each column at the end of May. Use the following headings on your worksheet.

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2.

Prepare an income statement for the month of May. Identify the revenue earned as “Repairs”. Record the expenses in alphabetical order.