1. 8-column Worksheet Dividends, Adjustments And Federal Income Tax

2. Dividends When declared – Multiply the dividend per share by the number of issued shares Record in the General Journal: DividendsDebit Dividends PayableCredit When issued Record in the Cash Payments Journal: Dividends PayableDebit Cash (in special Cash Credit column)Credit

3. Trial Balance 1.Write the title of every general ledger account, even if there is currently no balance 2.Write the balances of each account on the Trial Balance (from the general ledger), make sure you put in the correct column – Debit/Credit 3.Total, prove and rule the Debit and Credit columns

4. Adjustment for Supplies Ask 4 questions 1.What is the balance of the Supplies account? 2.What should the balance be for this account? 3.What must be done to correct the account balance? Add/subtract? 4.What adjustment is made?

5. Adjustment for Supplies Beginning balance for Supplies$3,000 Ending balance for Supplies$1,000 Difference/adjustment$2,000 Adjustment entry on the Worksheet: Expense account for SuppliesDebit Asset account SuppliesCredit

6. Adjustment for Prepaid Insurance Value of the insurance on January 1 Less the value of the insurance on Dec 31 Equals the amount used up during the year Ask the same 4 questions as you did with supplies Record in the Adjustment Column of the Worksheet: Insurance ExpenseDebit Prepaid InsuranceCredit

7. Adjustment for Merchandise Inventory Again, ask the same 4 questions Beginning Inventory Less Ending Inventory Equals amount of adjustment Record in the Adjustment Column of the Worksheet (if the inventory is less at the end of the year): Income SummaryDebit Merchandise InventoryCredit

8. Adjustment for Merchandise Inventory Record in the Adjustment Column of the Worksheet (if the inventory is more at the end of the year): Merchandise InventoryDebit Income Summary Credit

9. Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts To match expenses with revenue in the same accounting period, there needs to be an adjustment for Accounts Receivable accounts that are estimated to be uncollectible. Contra account to the Accounts Receivable account is Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts

10. Computing Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts The accountant determines the percentage of credit sales that he/she believes are uncollectible The Total Sales on Account are multiplied by the percentage deemed uncollectible to determine the adjustment to be made Record the adjustment as follows: Uncollectible Accounts ExpenseDebit Allowance for Uncollectible AccountsCredit

11. Calculating Depreciation Straight-line depreciation Original cost less estimated salvage value = Total estimated depreciation (for entire “life” of asset) Divided by number of years of useful life Equals Annual depreciation Ex: 1,200 (original cost) – 200 (salvage value) = 1,000 / 5 yrs (estimated useful life) = $200 per year depreciation

12. Adjustment for Depreciation Depreciation ExpenseDebit Accumulated Depreciation Credit

13. Federal Income Tax Adjustment 1.Extend the totals over to the Income Statement and Balance Sheet columns of the worksheet (add or subtract the adjustments and make sure you enter the correct amounts in the correct columns) 2.Compute subtotals (temporary totals for calculation purposes) of the Income Statement Debit and Credit columns

14. Continue calculating Federal Income Tax Adjustment 3. ①Take the total of the Income Statement Credit column ②Subtract the total of the Income Statement Debit column before federal income tax ③Equals Net Income before Federal Income Tax3. 4.Calculate the tax amount using the pink chart from the book – there are 6 steps, 4 tax amounts

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16. Complete Federal Income Tax Amount 5.Compare the computed amount with the total Federal Income Tax Expense, the amount that the business has already paid 6.Subtract to find the amount that needs to be adjusted 7.Extend the amount for the Federal Income Tax Expense with the adjustment to the Income Statement columns (it should equal the total amount of Federal Income Tax that you computed using the pink chart) and total both Debit and Credit columns of the Income Statement 8.Subtract the Debit and Credit columns of the Income Statement to compute the Net Income after Federal Income Tax 9.Total the Debit and Credit columns of the Balance Sheet 10.Extend the Net Income after Federal Income Tax to the Balance Sheet column

17. Complete the Worksheet 1.Total and prove all columns of the Worksheet 1.Celebrate!!!