Garner Corporation is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of $5 par value common stock. During 2008, its first year of operation, the company has the following stock transactions. Jan. 1 Paid the state $2,000 for incorporation fees. Jan. 15 Issued 500,000 shares of stock at $7 per share. Jan. 30 Attorneys for the company accepted 500 shares of common stock as payment for legal services rendered in helping the company incorporate. The legal services are estimated to have a value of $8,000. July 2 Issued 100,000 shares of stock for land. The land had an asking price of $900,000. The stock is currently selling on a national exchange at $8 per share. Sept. 5 Purchased 15,000 shares of common stock for the treasury at $10 per share. Dec. 6 Sold 11,000 shares of the treasury stock at $11 per share. Instructions Journalize the transactions for Garner Corporation.
A purchase journal transaction example would involve recording the purchase of inventory. For instance, if a company purchases $1,000 worth of inventory on credit from a supplier, the entry in the purchase journal would debit the inventory account for $1,000 and credit the Accounts Payable account for $1,000. This transaction helps keep track of all purchases made by the company.
There are two account titles in the column of the purchases journal because if a purchase is made for cash, the transaction is not recorded in the purchases journal.
It depends on the kind of discount and agreement that has been agreed upon in the sale transaction. Here is an example of a journal entry for discount for a normal credit sale transaction: Accounts receivable 9000 (dr) Discount from sale 500 (dr) Sales 9500 (cr)
A company that uses special journals should record a transaction involving the purchase of merchandise for cash ia a: Answer: Cash Payments Journal
There are two account titles in the column of the purchases journal because if a purchase is made for cash, the transaction is not recorded in the purchases journal.
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There is no journal entry for unsubscribed capital as this is that portion of capital which is company has offered to shareholders for purchase but nobody has purchased that capital so no transaction incurred and hence no journal entry required.
Journal entry is the basic transaction to record the business transaction and without journal entry no record can be maintained.
Journal entry is required to record business transaction in books of accounts and without journal entry no business transaction can be recorded in books.
You record he credit entry for transaction (a) 5/1 in the journal as
Recording of a transaction in an accounting journal, such as the General Journal. The journal entry has equal debit and credit amounts, and it usually includes a one-sentence explanation of the purpose of the transaction is called journal entry.
For the recording of journal entry, it is mandatory to be business transaction occurred already otherwise no journal entry can be made prior to occurrence of business transaction.