Exercise 1-9A: Missing information and recording events:
As of XXXXXXXXXXPost Company had $156,000 cash, notes payable of $85,600, and common stock of $52,400. In 2014 Post earned $36,000 of cash revenu, paid
$20,000 for cash expenses and paid $3,000 cash dividend to stockholders.
a. Determine the amount of retained earnings as of XXXXXXXXXX.
B. Create an accounting equation and record the beginning account balances under the appropriate elements.
C. Record the revenue, expense, and dividend events under the appropriate elements of the accounting equations in question B.
D. Prove the equality of the accounting equation as of December 31, 2014.
E. identify the beginning and ending balances in the Cash and Common stock accounts. Explain why the beginning and ending balances in the Cash account are
different, but the beginning and ending balances in the common stock account remain the same.
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