This is the trial balance of Mimosa Company on September 30.
MIMOSA COMPANY
Trial Balance
September 30, 2012
Debit Credit
Cash $ 8,200
Accounts Receivable 2,600
Supplies 2,100
Equipment 8,000
Accounts Payable $ 4,800
Unearned Service Revenue 1,100
Common Stock 15,000
$20,900 $20,900
The October transactions were as follows.
Oct. 5 Received $1,300 in cash from customers for accounts receivable due.
10 Billed customers for services performed $5,100.
15 Paid employee salaries $1,200.
17 Performed $600 of services for customers who paid in advance
In August.
20 Paid $1,900 to creditors for accounts payable due.
29 Paid a $300 cash dividend.
31 Paid utilities $400.
Instructions
(a) Prepare a general ledger using T accounts. Enter the opening balances in the ledger
Accounts as of October 1. Provision should be made for these additional accounts:
Dividends, Service Revenue, Salaries and Wages Expense, and Utilities Expense.
(b) Journalize the transactions, including explanations.
(c) Post to the ledger accounts.
(d) Prepare a trial balance on October 31, 2012.

The first thing you need to do is set-up your T accounts with your beginning account balances, then journalize your transactions, then post your transactions to your T accounts, then get your ending account balances for your T accounts, and finally prepare a Trial Balance from your T accounts.