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11. What Should Be Journaled

in Chapter 2 (Problem 11 of 12)

A company experienced the following financial events on Sept. 29, Year 1. How many of these economic events would require a journal entry on that day?

  1. The company signed a new contract with an employees’ union that requires a $2.00 per hour increase in wages and a longer lunch break, effective 10/1/Y1.
  2. The company president is retiring and will be replaced by the vice president of finance who will be paid $50,000 more per year.
  3. The company purchased a fire insurance policy for $5,000 that will pay $1,000,000 if the facility is destroyed. The policy insures the company from 11/1/Y1 - 10/31/Y2
  1. One
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. None
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The Rest Of The Practice Problems

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1 Account Classification Easy
2 Current Assets Easy
3 Journal Entry - Inventory Easy
4 Journal Entry - Sales Easy
5 Land Purchased With Cash Easy
6 T/F: Liabilities and Equity Easy
7 T/F: T-Account Logic Easy
8 Normal Balances Moderate
9 Solving for Missing Amounts Moderate
10 The Effect of Journal Entries Moderate
11 What Should Be Journaled
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12 Account Classifications Hard
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1 Current Assets 9:57
2 Non-Current Assets 10:25
3 Current Liabilities 6:24
4 Non-Current Liabilites 2:00
5 Contributed Capital 5:10
6 The Classified Balance Sheet 4:48
7 T-Accounts 3:15
8 Debits and Credits 6:49
9 Determining Normal Balances For Assets & Liabilities 10:04
10 Determining Normal Balance for Shareholder's Equity 11:53
11 Normal Balance Shortcut: Double Entry 11:51
12 Normal Balance Shortcut: DEAD Mnemonic 2:36
13 The Journal, Ledger, Trial Balance 14:00
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