Requirement #8:Prepare the closing entries at July 31 in the General Journal below.
General Journal
Date
Description (Account Name)
Debit
Credit
31-Jul
Service Revenue
16205
Income Summary
16205
31-Jul
Income Summary
12950
Rent Expenses
5500
Salaries Expenses
3300
Insurance Expenses
400
Supplies Expenses
375
Depreciation Expenses
175
Incone Tax Expenses
3200
31-Jul
Income Summary
3255
Retained Earnings
3255
31-Jul
Retained Earnings
600
Dividend
600
Requirement #9:
Post the closing entries to the General Ledger T-accounts and compute ending balances.
Just add to the adjusted balances already listed.

Requirement #10:Prepare a post-closing trial balance as of July 31 in the space below.
Melvin Plumbing Corporation
Post-Closing Trial Balance
July 31
Accounts
Debit
Credit
Cash
90,005
Prepaid Insurance
4,400
Supplies
525
Equipment
11,500
Accumulated Depriciation-Equipent
175
Accounts Payable
10,400
Income Tax Payable
3,200
Common Stock
90,000
Retained Earning
2,655
106,430
106,430

Case Study 1 Rubric
Please note that this rubric provides a general guideline, b
and the maximum number of points for that step, depend
of your work.
Criteria
Outstanding
Good
Poor
20 points
16 points
12 points
10 points
8 points
6 points
10 points
8 points
6 points
10 points
8 points
6 points
10 points
8 points
6 points
Step 1
Prepared
Journal
Entries (20
points)
Journal
entries use
accurate
accounts and
amounts; and
debits and
credits are
used
correctly.
Minor errors
such as
incorrect
account names
or credits listed
prior to debits.
Errors in
computations that
resulted in
incorrect amounts
to be debited and
credited.
Step 2
Posted to
the General
Ledger (10
points)
Posting is
correct,
leading to
accurate
account
balances.
Posting is
mostly correct,
but minor
errors are
evident.
Posting has
several errors that
resulted in
incorrect account
balances.
Step 3
Prepared a
Trial Balance
(10 points)
Correct
account
names and
balances so
to arrive at a
correct trial
balance.
Some minor
errors such as
incorrect
account names
or incorrect
totals due to
errors in prior
steps.
Errors in
computations that
resulted in
incorrect amounts
to be debited and
credited.
Step 4
Prepared
Adjusting
Journal
Entries (10
points)
Journal
entries use
accurate
accounts and
amounts; and
debits and
credits are
used
correctly.
Journal entries
mostly use
accurate
accounts and
amounts; and
debits and
credits are
used correctly.
Journal entries
have some errors
in use of accounts
and amounts; and
debits and credits
are only used
somewhat
correctly.
Steps 5 and
6
Posted
and
Prepared an
Unadjusted
Trial Balance
(10 points)
Posting is
correct,
leading to an
accurate trial
balance.
Posting is
mostly correct,
leading to a
mostly correct
trial balance.
Posting has
several errors,
leading to a trial
balance with
several errors.

20 points
16 points
12 points
10 points
8 points
6 points
10 points
8 points
6 points
Step 7
Prepared
Financial
Statements
(20 points)
All three
Financial
Statements
are prepared
accurately
and in an
appropriate
format.


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