Reference no: EM132350031

Question - The transactions relating to the formation of Blue Co. Stores, Inc., and its first month of operations follow.

1. The firm was organized and the stockholders invested cash of $8,000.

2. The firm borrowed $5,700 from the bank; a short-term note was signed.

3. Display cases and other store equipment costing $1,700 were purchased for cash. The original list price of the equipment was $1,940, but a discount was received because the seller was having a sale.

4. A store location was rented, and $1,350 was paid for the first month's rent.

5. Inventory of $14,300 was purchased; $8,500 cash was paid to the suppliers, and the balance will be paid within 30 days.

6. During the first week of operations, merchandise that had cost $3,600 was sold for $5,800 cash.

7. A newspaper ad costing $150 was arranged for; it ran during the second week of the store's operations. The ad will be paid for in the next month.

8. Additional inventory costing $4,400 was purchased; cash of $1,250 was paid, and the balance is due in 30 days.

9. In the last three weeks of the first month, sales totaled $14,000, of which $9,100 was sold on account. The cost of the goods sold totaled $8,100.

10. Employee wages for the month totaled $1,800; these will be paid during the first week of the next month.

11. The firm collected a total of $3,150 from the sales on account recorded in transaction i.

12. The firm paid a total of $4,750 of the amount owed to suppliers from transaction e.

Required: Prepare the journal entries for each of these transactions. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)