Question

Laser Delivery Services, Inc. (LDS), was incorporated January 1. The following transactions occurred during the year:________. A. Received $37,000 cash from the company's founders in exchange for common stock. B. Purchased land for $14,000, signing a two-year note (ignore interest). C. Bought two used delivery trucks at the start of the year at a cost of $9,000 each; paid $3,500 cash and signed a note due in three years for $14,500 (ignore interest). D. Paid $1,800 cash to a truck repair shop for a new motor, which increased the cost of one of the trucks. E. Stockholder Jonah Lee paid $320,000 cash for a house for his personal use.

Answer 1

The student's question involves accounting transactions for Laser Delivery Services, Inc. Transaction A increases cash and equity, B records a land asset and a liability, C involves increasing vehicle assets and a liability, D increases the value of an existing asset, and transaction E is not recorded as it is personal.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question involves various accounting transactions for Laser Delivery Services, Inc. (LDS) and how they should be recorded. Here is how each transaction would be treated:

• A: $37,000 is received in cash from LDS founders in exchange for common stock. This increases the cash account and increases equity.
• B: LDS purchases land for $14,000, signing a two-year note. Land is an asset on the balance sheet and the note is a liability.
• C: Two trucks are bought for $18,000 ($9,000 each); $3,500 is paid in cash, and a note is signed for the remaining $14,500. This results in an increase in the vehicle asset account and an increase in liabilities.
• D: $1,800 is paid for a new motor for one of the trucks, increasing the cost (and value) of the truck which is an asset on the balance sheet.
• E: The stockholder's personal transaction for a house is not recorded in the LDS's accounting records because it is not related to the company.

Transaction A impacts equity, transactions B, C, and D impact the balance of assets and liabilities, and transaction E has no effect on LDS's accounting records.

Answer 2

Question Requirements:

1. Record the transaction. Note: Enter debits before credits. Transaction General Journal Debit Credit Record entry Clear entry View general journal

2. Show the effects of the journal entries by account, using the T-account Cash Equipment Beg. Bal Beg. Bal End. Bal End. Bal Land Notes Payable Beg. Bal Beg. Bal. End. Bal. End. Bal. Common Stock Beg. Bal End. Bal

3. Extract a Trial Balance.

4. Prepare a classified balance sheet for Laser Delivery Services, Inc., at the end of December. Enter Retained earnings with a zero balance in the appropriate section. LASER DELIVERY SERVICES, INC Balance Sheet.

Answer:

1. Journal Entries

Debit Credit

A. Cash $37,000

Common Stock $37,000

To record issue of common stock.

B. Land $14,000

Note Payable $14,000

To record purchase of land for note payable.

C. Vehicles $18,000

Cash $3,500

Notes Payable $14,500

To record purchase of delivery trucks by cash and notes payable.

D. Vehicles Repairs $1,800

Cash $1,800

To record vehicle repair.

E. No journal entry required

2. Leger Accounts:

a) Cash Account

Debit Credit Balance

A. Common Stock $37,000 $37,000

C. Vehicles $3,500 $33,500

D. Vehicle Repair 1,800 $31,700

b) Common Stock

Debit Credit Balance

A. Cash $37,000 $37,000

c) Land

Debit Credit Balance

B. Notes Payable $14,000 $14,000

d) Notes Payable

Debit Credit Balance

B. Land $14,000 $14,000

C. Vehicles $14,500 $28,500

e) Vehicles

Debit Credit Balance

C. Cash $3,500 $3,500

C. Notes Payable $14,500 $18,000

D. Cash $1,800 $19,800

3. Trial Balance as at December 31:

Debit Credit

Cash $31,700

Common Stock $37,000

Land $14,000

Notes Payable $28,500

Vehicles $19,800

Total $65,500 $65,500

4. Balance Sheet as at December 31:

Assets:

Current Assets:

Cash 31,700 31,700

Long-Term Assets:

Land 14,000

Vehicles 19,800 33,800

Total Assets $65,500

Liabilities + Equity:

Liabilities:

Notes Payable 28,500

Common Stock 37,000

Total Liabilities + Equity $65,500

Step-by-step explanation:

a) The General journal records the transactions as they occur on a daily basis, showing the accounts to be debited and the ones to be credited.

b) The house bought by Stockholder Jonah Lee is a personal transaction that does not relate to the company. The entity concept that separates ownership from the business does not allow such personal transactions to be recorded in the accounting records of a company.

c) The balance sheet shows the assets and the owners of the financial resources used to acquire the assets. It is always in balance, with assets equalling the liabilities and equity with the occurrence of each transaction.