Chapter 8: Q4RQ (page 465)
When dealing with receivables, give an example of a subsidiary account
All sales and collections from that customer are tracked in that account, along with the balance.
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Evaluating ratio data
Silver Clothiers reported the following selected items at April 30, 2018 (last year’s—2017—amounts also given as needed):
Requirements
1. Calculate Abanaki’s acid-test ratio for 2018. (Round to two decimals.) Determine whether Abanaki’s acid-test ratio improved or deteriorated from 2017 to 2018. How does Abanaki’s acid-test ratio compare with the industry average of 0.80?
2. Calculate Abanaki’s accounts receivable turnover ratio. (Round to two decimals.) How does Abanaki’s ratio compare to the industry average accounts receivable turnover of 10?
3. Calculate the days’ sales in receivables for 2018. (Round to the nearest day.) How do the results compare with Abanaki’s credit terms of net 30?
Question: On June 6, Lakeland Bank & Trust lent $80,000 to Stephan Stow on a 30-day, 9% note.
Requirements
1. Journalize for Lakeland the lending of the money on June 6.
2. Journalize the collection of the principal and interest at maturity. Specify the date Round to the nearest dollar
Question: Silver Clothiers reported the following selected items at April 30, 2018 (last year’s—2017—amounts also given as needed):
Accounts Payable | \( 328,000 | Accounts Receivable, net: | |
Cash | \) 573,720 | April 30, 2018 | \( 11,000 |
Merchandise Inventory: | April 30, 2017 | \) 165,000 | |
April 30, 2018 | \( 250,000 | Cost of Goods Sold | \) 1,200,000 |
April 30, 2017 | \( 210,000 | Short-term Investments | \) 148,000 |
Net Credit Sales Revenue | \( 3,212,000 | Other Current Assets | \) 100,000 |
Long-term Assets | \( 350,000 | Other Current Liabilities | \) 188,000 |
Long-term Liabilities | $ 130,000 |
Compute Silver’s (a) acid-test ratio, (b) accounts receivable turnover ratio, and (c) days’ sales in receivables for the year ending April 30, 2018. Evaluate each ratio value as strong or weak. Silver sells on terms of net 30. (Round days’ sales in receivables to a whole number.)
Lovett Company reported the following selected items at March 31, 2018 (last year’s—2017—amounts also given as needed):
Accounts Payable \( 128,000 Accounts Receivable, net:
Cash 104,000 March 31, 2018 \) 108,000
Merchandise Inventory: March 31, 2017 68,000
March 31, 2018 116,000 Cost of Goods Sold 460,000
March 31, 2017 80,000 Short-term Investments 56,000
Net Credit Sales Revenue 1,168,000 Other Current Assets 48,000
Long-term Assets 168,000 Other Current Liabilities 72,000
Long-term Liabilities 52,000
14. Compute Lovett’s (a) acid-test ratio, (b) accounts receivable turnover ratio, and (c) days’ sales in receivables as of
March 31, 2018.
What occurs when a business factors its receivables?
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