He supplies account had a balance of $4,400 at the beginning of the year and was debited during the year for $2,400, representing the total of supplies purchased during the year. if $400 of supplies are on hand at the end of the year, the supplies expense to be reported on the income statement for the year is

$6,400

Explanation:

Financial Statements depicts the financial position of a firm at a particular point of time or specified date. The users of financial statements use various types of analysis to understand or compare the current financial statements of the company to prior years or with those of the competitors.

Supplies account is an asset account and has normal balance as debit balance. It increases with the purchase and decreases with the use of supplies.

Given:

Supplies (beginning) = $4,400

Purchased (supplies) = $2,400

Supplies (ending) = $400

Let supplies expense be x.

Now,

Supplies (ending) = Supplies (beginning) + Purchased (supplies) - Supplies expense

$400 = $4,400 + $2,400 - x

$400 = $6,800 - x

x = $6,800 - $400

Supplies expense = x = $6,400

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