An Adjusted Trial Balance Is Shown Below - Please Prepare the First Closing Entry

question 46

Essay

An adjusted trial balance is shown below.
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline & { \text { Debit } } & { \text { Credit } } \\\hline \text { Cash } & \$ 12,600 & \\\hline \text { Accounts receivable } & 2,400 & \\\hline \text { Prepaid rent } & 800 & \\\hline \text { Inventory } & 28,000 & \\\hline \text { Accounts payable } & & \$ 4,200 \\\hline \text { Salary payable } & & 1,000 \\\hline \text { Notes payable } & & 800 \\\hline \text { Capital } & & 13,800 \\\hline \text { Drawing } & 1,000 & \\\hline \text { Sales revenue } & &96,000 \\\hline\text { Sales returns and allowances }&1,600\\ \hline \text { Sales discounts } & 400 & \\\hline \text { Cost of goods sold } & 25,000 & \\\hline \text { Salary expense } & 21,000 & \\\hline \text { Rent expens } & 14,000 & \\\hline \text { Depreciation expense } & 8,500 & \\\hline \text { Supplies expense } & 500 & \\\hline \text { Total } & \$ 115,800 & \$ 115,800 \\\hline\end{array}$$

- Please prepare the first closing entry.
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } \hline \quad\quad\quad&\quad&\quad \\\hline \\\hline \\\hline \\\hline\end{array}$$

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Definitions:

Accounts Receivable

The money owed to a company by its customers for goods or services that have been delivered or used but not yet paid for.

Credit to Cash

A transfer or accounting entry that increases the cash balance while simultaneously increasing a corresponding credit account.

Art Studio

A creative space where artists create, display, and sometimes sell their artworks.

Furniture

An asset category in accounting that refers to movable articles intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping or to hold objects at a convenient height.