Exercise 21-14 You have been engaged to review the financial statements of Walsh

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Exercise 21-14 You have been engaged to review the financial statements of Walsh Corporation. In the course of your examination of the work of the bookkeeper hired during the year that just ended, you noticed a number of irregularities for the past fiscal year: 1. Year-end wages payable of $12,600 were not recorded, because the bookkeeper thought that "it was immaterial." Accrued vacation pay for the year of $33,900 was not recorded, because the bookkeeper "never heard that you had to do it." Insurance that covers a 12-month period and was purchased on November 1 was charged to insurance expense in the amount of $8,820 "because the amount of the cheque is about the same every year. Reported sales revenue for the year was $1,585,500 and included all sales taxes charged for the year. The sales tax rate is 5%. Because the sales tax is forwarded to the provincial ministry of revenue, the bookkeeper thought that "sales tax is a selling expense" and therefore debited the Sales Tax Expense account. At the end of the fiscal year, the balance in the Sales Tax Expense account was $67,500. 4. Prepare the necessary correcting entries, assuming that Walsh Corporation uses a calendar-year basis and that the books for the fiscal year that just ended are not yet closed. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter O for the amounts.) No. Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit nim

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No Account titles & Explanations Debit Credit 1) Salaries and wage expense 12,600 Salaries & wages payable 12,600 2) Salaries & wage expense 33,900 Salaries & wages payable 33,900 3) Prepaid insurance 7350 Insurance expense 7,350 (8820/12*10) 4) Sales revenue 75500 Sales tax payable 75500 (1585500/105*5) 5) Sales tax payable 67,500 Sales tax expense 67,500

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