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The controller for Clint Eastwood Co. is attempting to determine the amount of cash to be
reported on its December 31, 2017, balance sheet. The following information is provided.
2. Money market fund account held at Volonte Co. (a mutual fund 5,000,000
organization) permits Eastwood to write checks on this balance
3. Travel advances for executive travel for the first quarter of next year 180,000
(employee to reimburse through salary reduction)
4. A separate cash fund restricted for the retirement of long-term debt 1,500,000
7. A bank overdraft at one of the banks the company uses to deposit its 110,000
cash receipts. At the present time, the company has no deposits at this
bank.
8. The company has two certificates of deposit, each totaling $500,000. 500,000
These CDs have a maturity of 120 days
10. Eastwood has agreed to maintain a cash balance of $500,000 at all times 500,000
at First National Bank of Yojimbo to ensure future credit availability.
11. Eastwood has purchased commercial paper of Sergio Leone Co. which is 2,100,000
due in 60 days.
(b) Indicate the proper reporting for items that are not reported as cash on the December 31,
2017, balance sheet.
E7-5 (L02) Recording Sales Gross and Net
During June, the following transactions were incurred by Arnold Company:
On June 12, the company received a check for the balance due from Chester
Company.
Instructions
(a) Prepare journal entries on the Arnold Company books to record all the events noted above
under each of the following bases.
(1) Sales and receivables are entered at gross selling price.
(2) Sales and receivables are entered at net of cash discounts.
2.
(b) Prepare the journal entry under basis 2, assuming that Chester Company did not remit
payment until July 29.
P7-1 (L01) Determine Proper Cash Balance
Francis Equipment Co. closes its books regularly on December 31, but at the end of 2017 it held its
cash book open so that a more favorable balance sheet could be prepared for credit purposes. Cash
receipts and disbursements for the first 10 days of January were recorded as December transactions.
The information is given below.
1. January cash receipts recorded in the December cash book consisting of:
Cash sales
Collections on account, for which $360 of cash discounts were given
Instructions
(a) Prepare any entries you consider necessary to correct Francis’s accounts at December 31.
Dec. 31
(b) To what extent was Francis Equipment Co. able to show a more favorable balance sheet at
December 31 by holding its cash book open? (Compute working capital and the current ratio.)
Assume that the balance sheet that was prepared by the company showed the following
amounts:
Debit
Cash $ 39,000
Accounts receivable 42,000
Inventory 67,000
Accounts payable
Other current liabilities
Per Balance
Sheet
he end of 2017 it held its
for credit purposes. Cash
as December transactions.
$ 28,000
17,640
$ 45,640
$ 22,450
250
Credit
able balance sheet at
al and the current ratio.)
wed the following
Credit
$ 45,000
14,200
After
Adjustment
P7-3 (L03) Bad-Debt Reporting—Aging (CMA Adapted)
Manilow Corporation operates in an industry that has a high rate of bad debts. Before any year-
end adjustments, the balance in Manilow’s Accounts Receivable account was $555,000 and
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a credit balance of $40,000. The year-end balance
reported in the balance sheet for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts will be based on the aging
schedule shown below.
Probability of
Days Account Outstanding Amount Collection
Less than 16 days $ 300,000 0.98
Between 16 and 30 days 100,000 0.90
Between 31 and 45 days 80,000 0.85
Between 46 and 60 days 40,000 0.80
Between 61 and 75 days 20,000 0.55
Over 75 days 15,000 0
Instructions
(a) What is the appropriate balance for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at year-end?
Expected
Percentage Estimated
Days Account Outstanding Amount Uncollectible Uncollectible
(b) Show how accounts receivable would be presented on the balance sheet.
(c) What is the dollar effect of the year-end bad debt adjustment on the before-tax income?