Recording and Reporting Accrued Liabilities and Deferred Revenue with Discussion of Accrual Versus Cash Accounting During its first year of operations, Walnut Company completed the following two transactions. The annual accounting period ends December 31.
A. Paid and recorded wages of $140,000 during Year 1; however, at the end of Year 1, three days' wages are unpaid and have not yet been recorded because the weekly payroll will not be paid to employees until January 6 of Year 2. Wages for the three days are $4,900.
B. Collected rent revenue of $4,800 on December 12 of Year 1 for office space that Walnut rented to another company. The rent collected was for 30 days from December 12 of Year 1 to January 10 of Year 2. Record the collection of rent on December 12.
Required:
1. With respect to wages, provide the adjusting entry required at the end of year 1 and the journal entry required on January 6 of year 2.
2. With respect to rent revenue, provide the journal entry for the collection of rent on December 10 and the adjusting entry required on December 31.