Establish an excel worksheet for the financial statement
analysis framework. Refer to the following financial
information;
- On January 1, 2019, Frances Corp. started doing business and the owners contributed $200,000 capital in cash.
- The company paid $24,000 to cover the rent for the office space for the 24-month period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020.
- On March 1, 2019, MSK Inc. entered into a consulting contract under which Frances Corporation Contract under which Frances Corporation promised to provide consulting to MSK Inc. for the 10-month period from March 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. In return, MSK promised to pay a monthly consulting fee of $15,000 which was to be paid in January, 2020. Frances fulfilled its contractual obligations during 2019.
- On July 1, 2019, Frances purchased office equipment for $100,000 cash. The equipment has an estimated useful life of five years and no salvage value. The equipment was immediately placed into use. Frances uses the straight-line method proportion to the number of month’s usage.
- Through November 30, 2019, the company had paid $66,000 to its employees for 11 months of salaries. Accrued salaries on December 31, 2019 were $6,000.
- On December 31, 2019, Norbert Corporation advanced $20,000 to Frances Corporation for consulting services to be provided during 2020.
- For each transaction, using the financial statement effect template, analyze the effects of the above transactions of financial statement.
- At the end of the year, analyze how the adjustment for accrual basis accounting affects the financial statement.
- Prepare financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019.
- If Frances recognized ‘rent expense’ instead of ‘prepaid rent’ on January 1, discuss the effect of this error on the financial statement.