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During the first month of operations, Wortham Services, Inc., completed the following transactions: Jan 2 Wortham Services received $65,000 cash and issued common stock to the stockholders. 3 Purchased

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During the first month of operations, Wortham Services, Inc., completed the following transactions:

Jan 2 Wortham Services received $65,000 cash and issued common stock to the stockholders.
3 Purchased supplies, $1,000, and equipment, $12,000, on account.
4 Performed services for a customer and received cash, $5,500.
7 Paid cash to acquire land, $39,000.
11 Performed services for a customer and billed the customer, $4,100. Wortham expects to collect within one month
16 Paid for the equipment purchased January 3 on account.
17 Paid for newspaper advertising, $600.
18 Received partial payment from customer on account, $2,000.
22 Paid the water and electricity bills, $430.
29 Received $2,600 cash for servicing the heating unit of a customer.
31 Paid employee salary, $2,900.
31 Declared and paid dividends of $1,800.
Requirements
1. Record each transaction in the journal. Key each transaction by date. Explanations are not required.
2. Post the transactions to the T-accounts, using transaction dates as posting references. Label the ending balance of each account Bal, as shown in the chapter.
3. Prepare the trial balance of Wortham Services, Inc., at January 31 of the current year.
4. Mark Wortham, the manager, asks you how much in total resources the business has to work with, how much it owes, and whether January was proîtable (and by how much).