The information necessary for preparing the 2018 year-end adjusting entries for Winter Storage appears below. Winter's fiscal year-end is December 31.
a. Depreciation on the equipment for the year is $7,000.
b. Salaries earned (but not paid) from December 16 through December 31, 2018, are $3,400.
c. On March 1, 2018, Winter lends an employee $12,000 and a note is signed requiring principal and interest at 6% to be paid on February 28, 2019.
d. On April 1, 2018, Winter pays an insurance company $15,000 for a one-year fire insurance policy. The entire $15,000 is debited to prepaid insurance at the time of the purchase.
e. $1,500 of supplies are used in 2018.
f. A customer pays Winter $4,200 on October 31, 2018, for six months of storage to begin November 1, 2018. Winter credits deferred revenue at the time of cash receipt.
g . On December 1, 2018, $4,000 advertising is paid to a local newspaper. The payment represents advertising for December 2018 through March 2019, at $1,000 per month. Prepaid advertising is debited at the time of the payment.
Required: Record the necessary adjusting entries at December 31, 2018.

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Answer:

Adjusting entries are entries that indicate the events of the company that have occurred but not yet recorded by the company.

a. DATE          DESCRIPTION                    DEBIT        CREDIT

Dec 31         Depreciation Expenses        $7,000

2018            Accumulated Expenses                             $7,000

                 (Record depreciation on equipment )

b. DATE          DESCRIPTION                    DEBIT        CREDIT

Dec 31         Salary expenses                   $3,400

2018             Salary payable                                          $3,400

             (Record salary incurred but not paid)

c. DATE          DESCRIPTION                    DEBIT        CREDIT

Dec 31            Interest receivables            $660

2018               (12,000 * 6% * 11/12)

                      Interest revenue                                         $660

                     (Record of interest earned)

d. DATE          DESCRIPTION                    DEBIT        CREDIT

Dec 31           Insurance Expenses             $11,250

2018              (15,000 * 9/12)

                     Prepaid Insurance                                   $11,250

                     (Record payment of insurance expenses)

e. DATE          DESCRIPTION                    DEBIT        CREDIT

Dec 31.           Supplies Expenses               $1,500

2018               Supplies                                                   $1,500

                      (Record of supplies)

f. DATE          DESCRIPTION                    DEBIT        CREDIT

Dec 31,          Deferred revenue               $1,400

2018              (4,200 * 2 month / 6 month)

                     Service revenue                                     $1,400

                    (Record advance payment for services provided)

g. DATE          DESCRIPTION                    DEBIT        CREDIT

Dec 31,           Advertisement Expenses    $1,000

2018               Prepaid Advertisement                          $1,000

                     (Record payment for advertisement)