On July 31, 2022, Blossom Company had a cash balance per books of $6,350.00. The statement from Dakota State Bank on that date showed a balance of $7,900.80. A comparison of the bank statement with the Cash account revealed the following facts. 1. The bank service charge for July was $17.00. 2. The bank collected $1,625.00 from a customer for Blossom Company through electronic funds transfer. 3. The July 31 receipts of $1,306.30 were not included in the bank deposits for July. These receipts were deposited by the company in a night deposit vault on July 31. 4. Company check No. 2480 issued to L. Taylor, a creditor, for $364.00 that cleared the bank in July was incorrectly entered in the cash payments journal on July 10 for $346.00. 5. Checks outstanding on July 31 totaled $1,947.10. 6. On July 31, the bank statement showed an NSF charge of $680.00 for a check received by the company from W. Krueger, a customer, on account. a. Prepare the bank reconciliation as of July 31. (List items that increase cash balance first. Round answers to 2 decimal places, e. g., 1,245.25)
b. Prepare the necessary adjusting entries at July 31.

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Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

Bridgeport company began operations at the beginning of 2018. the following information pertains to this company. 1. pretax financial income for 2018 is $115,000. 2. the tax rate enacted for 2018 and future years is 40%. 3. differences between the 2018 income statement and tax return are listed below: (a) warranty expense accrued for financial reporting purposes amounts to $7,500. warranty deductions per the tax return amount to $2,200. (b) gross profit on construction contracts using the percentage-of-completion method per books amounts to $94,700. gross profit on construction contracts for tax purposes amounts to $67,100. (c) depreciation of property, plant, and equipment for financial reporting purposes amounts to $61,800. depreciation of these assets amounts to $75,700 for the tax return. (d) a $3,600 fine paid for violation of pollution laws was deducted in computing pretax financial income. (e) interest revenue recognized on an investment in tax-exempt municipal bonds amounts to $1,500. 4. taxable income is expected for the next few years. (assume (a) is short-term in nature; assume (b) and (c) are long-term in nature.) (a) prepare the reconciliation schedule for 2017 and future years. (b) prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense for 2017. (c) prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement beginning with “income before income taxes.” (d) determine how the deferred taxes will appear on the balance sheet at the end of 2017.