Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780078025914
Author: Fred Phillips Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.1E
Posting AJEs and Preparing an Adjusted
Gibson Company’s adjusted balances at December 31, 2015 (listed alphabetically) were:
Gibson prepared, but did not yet post, additional
Required:
- 1. Post the two AJEs, determine the new adjusted balances, and prepare an adjusted trial balance listing the accounts in proper order at December 31, 2015. Solve for the “?” in Retained Earnings.
- 2. Does the Retained Earnings balance determined in requirement 1 represent the balance at December 31, 2015, or December 31, 2014? Explain.
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