Question

Sweet Catering completed the following selected transactions during May 2016:

• May 1: Prepaid rent for three months, $2,700
• May 5: Received and paid electricity bill, $170
• May 9: Received cash for meals served to customers, $300
• May 14: Paid cash for kitchen equipment, $2,530
• May 23: Served a banquet on account, $2,290
• May 31: Made the adjusting entry for rent (from May 1).
• May 31: Accrued salary expense, $3,030
• May 31: Recorded depreciation for May on kitchen equipment, $690

1.If Sweet Catering had recorded transactions using the Cash method, how much net income (loss) would they have recorded for the month of May? If there is a loss, enter it with parentheses or a negative sign.

2.If Sweet Catering had recorded transactions using the Accrual method, how much net income (loss) would they have recorded for the month of May? If there is a loss, enter it with parentheses or a negative sign.

Answer 1

	Cash Basis		Accrual Basis	Note
	Income	Expenses		Income	Expenses
May 1: Prepaid rent for three months, $2,700		2700			0
May 5: Received and paid electricity bill, $170		170			170
May 9: Received cash for meals served to customers, $300	300			300
May 14: Paid cash for kitchen equipment, $2,530		0			0	Its not an expense
May 23: Served a banquet on account, $2,290				2290
May 31: Made the adjusting entry for rent (from May 1).		0			900
May 31: Accrued salary expense, $3,030		0			3030
May 31: Recorded depreciation for May on kitchen equipment, $690		690			690
	300	3560		2590	4790
Net Income (Loss)		-3260			-2200