Explain how the accrual accounting concept provides guidance to accountants in preparing the income statement and calculating profits.

Topic: Manual Assignment
This assessment consists of 2 parts:

Part 1.

The business has the following opening balances: Additional Information:
Cash At Bank
$16,611 Bank loan interest rates (% per year) 8
Account Receivable
$16,248 Motor vehicle useful life (years) 3
Motor Vehicle
$30,316 Motor vehicle scrap value ($) 3,380
Account Payable
$8,787 Insurance paid for (months) 2
Bank Loan (due 2022)
$24,973 Rent paid for (months) 3
Furniture
$22,514 Furniture useful life (years) 2
Promotional Material Supplies
$579 Furniture scrap value ($) 0
Capital
? Closing stock of promotional materials 30/6 ($)
Staff work a 14 day fortnight and are paid on the 15th day.
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Transactions:

Date
Description Amount Date Description Amount
1Jun
Paid General Insurance $2,622 2Jun Advertising placement fees Cash $808
3Jun
Rent of Business Premises $4,193 3Jun Sundry Expenses $421
4Jun
Purchase promotional materials $917 5Jun Payment to Account Payable $1,184
5Jun
Auction commission Account $798 5Jun Auction commission Account $1,034
7Jun
Advertising Expense Cash $688 8Jun Rental commission Cash $1,845
10Jun
Receive Payment from Account Customers $1,788 10Jun Cash Withdrawals by Owner $1,060
11Jun
Rental commission Account $1,431 12Jun Payment to Account Payable $596
14Jun
Rental commission Cash $1,990 15Jun Staff Wages $2,030
16Jun
Advertising placement fees Cash $888 17Jun Rental commission Account $1,452
18Jun
Auction commission Cash $1,722 19Jun Advertising placement fees Account $851
20Jun
Auction commission Cash $1,787 20Jun Motor Vehicle Expenses $308
24Jun
Advertising placement fees Account $1,155 25Jun Additional cash contributed by owner $3,643
28Jun
Advertising Expense Account $1,335 28Jun Receive Payment from Account Customers $1,346
29Jun
Staff Wages $2,030

Assume that this assignment involves an existing business that was purchased by the new owner on 1 June 2019.
Note the list of transactions is in date order, left to right, line by line.

Use three separate ledger accounts for revenue, namely rental commission, auction commission and advertisement placement fees. All revenues relate to the month of June.

Transactions involve cash unless specified as ‘Account’.

Record payments for rent and insurance in prepaid accounts initially.

Information relevant to complete adjusting entries can be found in the top right section of this page.

The periods to which the rent and insurance apply commence on 1 June.

Round your calculations to the nearest dollar.

Using the unique series of business transactions (data) students are required to:
Manually record the transactions through the general journal and general ledger, prepare balance day
adjustments, closing entries, financial statements, and a worksheet.

Part 2. Qualitative component (5%) – approximately 250-300 words
Based on your work in Part 1 (Excel component), explain how the accrual accounting concept provides guidance to accountants in preparing the income statement and calculating profits. In your answer, include a discussion of the role of adjusting entries in accrual accounting. To this end, you need to explain your answer using TWO examples based on your work in Part 1 (Excel component).
The qualitative component will be marked based on both i) the quality of the content and ii) the quality of written expression (e.g., spelling, grammar, and appropriate tone).

Note: In order to perform well in this task, you need to ensure that your discussion is specifically related to your work in Part 1 (rather than merely providing a general discussion).

Explain how the accrual accounting concept provides guidance to accountants in preparing the income statement and calculating profits.
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