Chapter 5: 12Q (page 237)
What is the relationship between current assets and current liabilities?
Current liabilities are liquidated using thecurrent assets as they both get due or provide benefit within one year.
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Question: E5-3 (L02,3) (Classification of Balance Sheet Accounts) Assume that Fielder Enterprises uses the following headings on its balance sheet.
(a) Current assets | (g) Long-term liabilities |
(b) Investments | (h) Capital stock |
(c) Property, plant, and equipment | (i) Equity attribute to non-controlling interest |
(d) Intangible assets | (i) paid-in-capital in excess of par |
(e) Other assets | (k) Retained earnings |
(f) Current liabilities |
Instructions
Indicate by letter how each of the following usually should be classified. If an item should appear in a note to the financial statements, use the letter “N” to indicate this fact. If an item need not be reported at all on the balance sheet, use the letter “X.”
1. Prepaid insurance.
2. Stock owned in affiliated companies.
3. Unearned service revenue.
4. Advances to suppliers.
5. Unearned rent revenue.
6. Preferred stock.
7. Additional paid-in capital on preferred stock.
8. Copyrights.
9. Petty cash fund.
10. Sales taxes payable.
11. Accrued interest on notes receivable.
12. Twenty-year issue of bonds payable that will mature within the next year. (No sinking fund exists, and refunding is not planned.)
13. Machinery retired from use and held for sale.
14. Fully depreciated machine still in use.
15. Accrued interest on bonds payable.
16. Salaries that company budget shows will be paid to employees within the next year.
17. Discount on bonds payable. (Assume related to bonds payable in item 12.)
18. Accumulated depreciation—buildings.
19. Shares held by non-controlling stockholders.
E5-8 (L02) (Current vs. Long-term Liabilities) Frederic Chopin Corporation is preparing its December 31, 2017, balance sheet. The following items may be reported as either a current or long-term liability.
1. On December 15, 2017, Chopin declared a cash dividend of \(2.50 per share to stockholders of record on December 31. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2018. Chopin has issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock, of which 50,000 shares are held in treasury.
2. At December 31, bonds payable of \)100,000,000 are outstanding. The bonds pay 12% interest every September 30 and mature in installments of \(25,000,000 every September 30, beginning September 30, 2018.
3. At December 31, 2016, customer advances were \)12,000,000. During 2017, Chopin collected \(30,000,000 of customer advances; advances of \)25,000,000 should be recognized in income.
Instructions For each item above, indicate the dollar amounts to be reported as a current liability and as a long-term liability if any.
Aero Inc. had the following balance sheet at December 31, 2016.
LANSBURY INC. | |||
BALANCE SHEET | |||
DECEMBER 31, 2016 | |||
Cash | \(20,000 | Account payable | \)30,000 |
Accounts receivables | 21,200 | Bond payable | 41,000 |
Investment | 32,000 | Common stock | 100,000 |
Plant assets (net) | 81,000 | Retained earnings | 23,200 |
Land | 40,000 | ||
\(194,200 | \)194,200 |
During 2017, the following occurred.
1. Aero liquidated its available-for-sale debt investment portfolio at a loss of \(5,000.
2. A tract of land was purchased for \)38,000.
3. An additional \(30,000 in common stock was issued at par.
4. Dividends totaling \)10,000 were declared and paid to stockholders.
5. Net income for 2017 was \(35,000, including \)12,000 in depreciation expense.
6. Land was purchased through the issuance of \(30,000 in additional bonds.
7. At December 31, 2017, Cash was \)70,200, Accounts Receivable was \(42,000, and Accounts Payable was \)40,000.
Instructions
(a) Prepare a statement of cash flows for the year 2017 for Aero.
(b) Prepare the unclassified balance sheet as it would appear at December 31, 2017.
(c) Compute Aero’s free cash flow and current cash debt coverage for 2017.
(d) Use the analysis of Aero to illustrate how information in the balance sheet and statement of cash flows helps the user of the financial statements.
Where should the following items be shown on the balance sheet, if shown at all?
(a) Allowance for doubtful accounts.
(b) Merchandise held on consignment.
(c) Advances received on sales contract.
(d) Cash surrender value of life insurance.
(e) Land.
(f) Merchandise out on consignment.
(g) Franchises.
(h) Accumulated depreciation of equipment.
(i) Materials in transit—purchased f.o.b. destination.
What is the profession’s recommendation in regard to the use of the term “surplus”? Explain.
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