Prepare an Income Statement and a Statement of Retained Earnings

question 12

Essay

Prepare an income statement and a statement of retained earnings for the month of May. Also, prepare a balance sheet as of May 31, 2019, for McGuire Corporation. The financial transactions of McGuire Corporation for the month of May, their first month of operations, are as follows:
• On May 1, 2019, McGuire Corporation issued common stock in exchange for $20,000 cash from a stockholder, Deborah Merchant.
• On May 3, the corporation borrowed $5,000 from a creditor and executed a note payable with the principal and interest to be due in one year.
• On May 7, the corporation purchased $15,000 of equipment for cash.
• On May 8, McGuire Corporation rendered service to a client and received $3,000 in cash.
• On May 12, the corporation incurred a repair expense of $1,800 and promised to pay the repair contractor the following month.
• On May 18, the corporation rendered service to a new client in the amount of $8,000 on account, as the client promised to pay the following month.
• At the end of May, McGuire Corporation distributed cash dividends of $1,500.

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Definitions:

Capital

Financial assets or their financial value, as well as the tangible factors of production that are used in creating goods or services.

Maximize Profit

The process of increasing one's financial gain to the highest possible level given the constraints of the market.

Productivity

The efficiency with which input resources are converted into output, often measured as the ratio of output to input over a specific period.

Marginal Revenue Product Curve

A graphical representation showing how the additional revenue of a firm changes with the employment of an extra unit of input in the production process.