The following are selected 2017 transactions of Sean Astin Corporation. Sept. 1 Purchased inventory from Encrino Company on account for $50,000. Astin records purchases gross and uses a periodic inventory system.
Oct. 1 Issued a $50,000 12-month, 8% note to Encino in payment of account
Oct. 1 Borrowed $50,000 from the Shore Bank by signing a 12-month, zero-interest-bearing $54,000 note.
Instructions:
(A) Prepare journal entries for the selected transactions above
(B) Prepare adjusting entries at December 31
(C) Compute the total net liability to be reported on the December 31 balance sheet for: The interest-bearing note & the zero-interest-bearing note.

A. The journal entries is the 1st stage of the accounting process, it records the business transactions of monetary nature in a the order of its occurrence.

B. The adjusting entries are the type of journal entries prepared at the end of the financial period to record the amount of expenses and incomes not incurred in the current period.

C. Total net liabilities is $102,000.

Computation:

The journal entries of A and B are shown in the image attached below.

C.

The sum of interest bearing note and zero interest bearing note will be the total amount of net liabilities.

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Answer and Explanation:

The Journal entries are shown below:-

A. a. Purchase Dr, $50,000

           To Accounts payable $50,000

(Being purchase of inventory is recorded)

b.Accounts payable Dr, $50,000

            To Notes payable $50,000

(Being issuance of notes is recorded)

c.Cash Dr, $50,000

  Discount on notes payable Dr, $4,000

             To Notes payable $54,000

(Being amount borrowed from bank and issued notes is recorded)

B. a. Interest expenses Dr, $1,000 ($50,000 × 8% × 3 ÷ 12)

            To Interest payable $1,000

(Being interest expenses is recorded)

b. Interest expenses Dr, $1,000 ($4,000 × 3 ÷ 12)

                 To Discount on notes payable $1,000

(Being interest expenses is recorded)

C. The Computation of interest-bearing note and the zero-interest-bearing note is shown below:-

Interest-bearing note = Note payable + Interest payable

= $50,000 + $1,000

= $51,000

Zero-interest-bearing note = Note payable - Discount

= $54,000 - ($4,000 - $1,000)

= $54,000 - $3,000

= $51,000

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