Question

Delicious Catering completed the following selected transactions during May 2016: May 1: Prepaid rent for three months, $1,500 May 5: Received and paid electricity bill, $190 May 9: Received cash for meals served to customers, $2,400 May 14: Paid cash for kitchen equipment, $2,500 May 23: Served a banquet on account, $2,000 May 31: Made the adjusting entry for rent (from May 1). May 31: Accrued salary expense, $1,700 May 31: Recorded depreciation for May on kitchen equipment, $340

Answer 1

Question Completion:

If Delicious Catering had recorded transactions using the Accrual method, how much net income (loss) would they have recorded for the month of May? If there is a loss, enter it with parentheses or a negative sign.

Answer:

Delicious Catering

Using the Accrual method, Delicious Catering would have recorded for the month a net income of $1,670.

Step-by-step explanation:

Data and Calculations:

Prepaid Rent for 3 months = $1,500

Rent expense for the month = $500 ($1,500/3)

Utilities expense = $190

Service Revenue:

Cash for meals = $2,400

Credit 2,000

Total $4,400

Salary Expense = !,700

Depreciation expense = $340

Kitchen Equipment = $2,500

Income Statement for the month of May:

Service Revenue $4,400

Expenses:

Rent $500

Utilities expense 190

Salary expense 1,700

Depreciation expense 340

Total expenses $2,730

Net Income $1,670