Assignment I

1. On March 1, 2020, Tahir Muktar, a famous businessman in Addis, opened a business

named “Universal Garage” which is organized as a sole proprietorship. The business is
established to render car repair, maintenance and related services for fees. Below are
chart of accounts for and selected transactions completed by Universal Garage in March
2020.
a) Chart of accounts
Universal Garage
Chart of Accounts
100 ASSETS 300 OWNER'S EQUITY
110 CURRENT ASSETS 301 Tahir, Capital
111 Cash 302 Tahir, Drawings
112 Accounts Receivable 303 Incomes Summary
114 Supplies
116 Prepaid Rent 400 REVENUES
117 Prepaid Insurance 401 Fees Earned
120 PLANT ASSETS 410 Other Income
121 Land
123 Machinery 500 EXPENSES
123.1 Accumulated Depreciation-Machinery 501 Salary Expenses
125 Office Equipment 502 Supplies Expenses
125.1 Accumulated Depreciation-Office Equipment 503 Rent Expenses
200 LIABILITIES 504 Insurance Expenses
210 CURRENT LIABILITIES 505 Depreciation Expenses
211 Account Payable 506 Interest Expenses
213 Salaries Payable 510 Miscellaneous Expenses
216 Interest Payable
220 NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
221 Long-term Bank Loan

b) Transactions
Mar 1 Received the following assets from its owner, Tahir:
Cash....................................... Br, 8,300
Supplies ................................. 2,000
Office Equipment................... 10,000
2 Borrowed Br 5,000 from Dashen Bank
3 Paid Br 1,800 for rent on a building leased for business purposes
3 Purchased welding and other repair machinery for Br 3,600 cash
4 Paid Br 200 for a radio advertisement
8 Sold for Br 200 cash an old office equipment with a recorded cost of Br 200
13 Paid weekly salary Br 1,200
16 Received Br 4,400 from services rendered on cash
20 Paid weekly salary Br 1,200
20 Received Br500 royalties for idle repair machinery it leased to other businesses
20 Delivered service on credit, Br 6,000
21 Purchased additional repair machinery on account for Br 2,000 from Sámi-Engineers
23 Received Br 5,000 additional cash investment from its owner
24 Repaid Br 1,000 bank loan and paid Br 100 interest on bank loan
26 Purchased supplies for Br 800 cash
 27 Paid Br 100 for customer entertainment and other items
27 Paid weekly salary Br 1,200
31 Paid Br 500 for electricity and other utilities consumed during the month
31 Received Br 4,200 cash from credit customers
31 Paid Tahir Br 1,800 for personal uses

Required:
a) Journalize the above transactions in a two-column journal
b) Post the journal entries to “T” accounts
c) Prepare and complete a worksheet based on the following additional information
i. Cost of supplies remained unconsumed on Mar 31 is Br 900
ii. The amount paid on Mar 3 is for a three-month rent
iii. The amounts of depreciation for machinery and office equipment are estimated to be
Br 560 and Br 1,900 respectively
iv. Universal Garage usually pays Br 1,200 for employee's salary every saturday for a
six-day work week ended on that day
v. Interest on bank loan accrued but not paid on March 31 total Br 100
d) Prepare financial statements for the month
e) Journalize and post adjusting entries
f) Journalize and post closing entries
g) Prepare post-closing trial balance

2. On January 3, 2003, Ale Hab, an ex-manager of the CBE Bole Branch, established his own
consultancy business. He named his business "AH Consultancy Services". The objective of the
business is to render financial consultancy services to clients on a fee basis. Below are business
activities occurred during the first month of operation of the firm (3 to 31 of January, 2003).
a. Alemu deposited $20,000 cash in a bank account in the name of his business - AH Consultancy
Services (Deposit slip # 1). He has $250,000 cash in his personal bank account with Dashen Bank and
$50,000 cash in a safe deposit box at home.
b. Alemu transferred furniture worth $30,000 from his home for office uses by AH Consultancy
Services (Asset receipt note #1). He also has extra home furniture, residential house and personal car
worth $620,000, $800,000 and $360,000, respectively.
c. Alemu purchased office supplies worth $5,000 from various suppliers agreeing to pay the sum within
two weeks (Purchase invoice #1). Two-fifth of the supplies will be used for personal purposes while
the remaining is for use by AH. Three-fifth of the liability is arranged to be settled from business cash
sources.
d. AH received $20,000 cash for consultancy services it rendered to a cash client (Cash sales invoice
#1).
e. AH paid $3,000 cash for advertising aired through ETV (Cash payment voucher #1).

f. AH forecasted that services fees in the next two weeks will amount to $5,000.
g. AH received $10,000 additional cash investment from its owner (Cash receipt note #1).
h. AH rendered consultancy services worth $15,000 to clients who promised to pay the sum within a
month (Credit sales invoice #1).
i. AH sold one of the furniture invested by its owner for $5,000 cash (Cash receipt note #2). The
furniture had a recorded value of $5,000.
j. AH collected $5,000 cash from clients who received services in item-8 above (Cash receipt note #3).
k. AH paid $2,000 cash to suppliers on credit (Cash payment voucher #2).
l. AH purchased a used car for business purposes. The business paid $8,000 cash for the car (Cash
payment voucher #3). Brokers estimated that the car currently worth only $5,000 and the Inland
Revenue assessed the car at $12,000 for property tax purposes.
m. AH borrowed $4,000 cash from Dashen Bank (Cash receipt note #4). The loan is repayable over ten
months.
n. AH employed an accountant and a secretary for monthly salary of $1,200 and $700, respectively
(Employment contract #2 and #4).
o. AH incurred and paid for the following expenses(Cash payment voucher #4)
 Wages................................................. $6,000
 Rent.................................................... 4,500
 Utilities................................................ 1,200
 Others.................................................. 800
p. AH determined that cost of supplies remained on hand at the end of the current month total $1,300
(Supplies inventory report #1).
q. AH paid $450 cash to Dashen Bank consisting of $400 principal and $50 one month interest on part
of the loan due in January (Cash payment voucher #5).
r. AH paid its owner $5,000 cash to pay house utility expenses (Cash payment voucher #6).

Required:
a) Analyze and record the above events in the financial records of AH Consultancy Services
b) And prepare financial statements for the business for the month of January 2003.