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26.02.2020 • 
Business

Jolene Upton has operated a part-time consulting business from her home. As of July 1, 2019, Jolene decided to move to rented quarters and to operate the business, which was to be known as Gourmet Consulting, on a full-time basis.
Gourmet Consulting entered into the following transactions during July.

Jul.1 The following assets were received from Jolene Upton: cash, $19,000;
accounts receivable, $22,300; supplies, $3,800; and office equipment,
$8,900. There were no liabilities received.
1 Paid three months’ rent on a lease rental contract, $6,000.
2 Paid the premiums on property and casualty insurance policies,
$4,500.
4 Received cash from clients as an advance payment for services to be
provided and recorded it as unearned fees, $8,000.
5 Purchased additional office equipment on account from Office
Necessities Co., $5,100.
6 Received cash from clients on account, $12,750.
10 Paid cash for a newspaper advertisement, $500.
12 Paid Office Necessities Co. for part of the debt incurred on July 5,
$3,000.
12 Provided services on account for the period July 1–12, $14,200.
14 Paid receptionist for two weeks’ salary, $1,500.

Record the following transactions on Page 2 of the journal:

Jul.17 Received cash from cash clients for fees earned during the period
July 1–17, $10,400.
18 Paid cash for supplies, $1,000.
20 Provided services on account for the period July 13–20, $9,000.
24 Received cash from cash clients for fees earned for the period July 17–
24, $8,500.
26 Received cash from clients on account, $12,000.
27 Paid receptionist for two weeks’ salary, $1,500.
29 Paid telephone bill for July, $325.
31 Paid electricity bill for July, $675.
31 Received cash from cash clients for fees earned for the period July 25–
31, $7,100.
31 Provided services on account for the remainder of July, $5,500.
31 Jolene withdrew $20,000 for personal use.

Required:
1. Journalize each transaction in a two-column journal starting on Page 1, referring to the chart of accounts in selecting the accounts to be debited and credited. (Do not insert the account numbers in the journal at this time.)
2. Post the July transactions.
(a) Download the spreadsheet in the Ledger panel and save the Excel file to your computer. Use the spreadsheet to post the July transactions from the journal to a ledger of four-column accounts. Be sure to save your work in Excel as it will be used to complete the following steps in Part 1 of this problem as well as steps in Part 2 of this problem. Your input into the spreadsheet will not be included in your grade in CengageNOW on this problem.
(b) Add the appropriate posting reference to the journal in CengageNOW.

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