Chapter 5: 13Q (page 237)
The New York Knicks, Inc. sold 10,000 season tickets at $2,000 each. By December 31, 2017, 16 of the 40 home games had been played. What amount should be reported as a current liability at December 31, 2017?
The business entity will report a current liability of$12,000,000.
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The current assets and current liabilities sections of the balance sheet of Allessandro Scarlatti Company appear as follows.
ALLESSANDRO SCARLATTI COMPANY | ||||
BALANCE SHEET PARTIAL | ||||
December 31, 2017 | ||||
Cash | \(40,000 | Account payable | \)61,000 | |
Accounts receivables | \(89,000 | Note payable | 67,000 | |
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts | (7,000) | 82,000 | \)128,000 | |
Inventory | 171,000 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 9,000 | |||
\(302,000 |
The following errors in the corporation’s accounting have been discovered:
1. January 2018 cash disbursements entered as of December 2017 included payments of accounts payable in the amount of \)39,000, on which a cash discount of 2% was taken.
2. The inventory included \(27,000 of merchandise that had been received at December 31 but for which no purchase invoices had been received or entered. Of this amount, \)12,000 had been received on consignment; the remainder was purchased f.o.b. destination, terms 2/10, n/30.
3. Sales for the first four days in January 2018 in the amount of \(30,000 were entered in the sales journal as of December 31, 2017. Of these, \)21,500 were sales on account and the remainder were cash sales.
4. Cash, not including cash sales, collected in January 2018 and entered as of December 31, 2017, totaled \(35,324. Of this amount, \)23,324 was received on account after cash discounts of 2% had been deducted; the remainder represented the proceeds of a bank loan.
Instructions
(a) Restate the current assets and current liabilities sections of the balance sheet in accordance with good accounting practice. (Assume that both accounts receivable and accounts payable are recorded gross.)
(b) State the net effect of your adjustments on Allessandro Scarlatti Company’s retained earnings balance.
In its December 31, 2017, balance sheet Oakley Corporation reported as an asset, “Net notes and accounts receivable, $7,100,000.” What other disclosures are necessary?
Ames Company reported 2017 net income of \(151,000. During 2017, accounts receivable increased by \)13,000 and accounts payable increased by \(9,500. Depreciation expense was \)44,000. Prepare the cash flows from operating activities section of the statement of cash flows.
BE5-7 (L03) Thomas Corporation’s adjusted trial balance contained the following liability accounts at December 31, 2017: Bonds Payable (due in 3 years) \(100,000, Accounts Payable \)72,000, Notes Payable (due in 90 days) \(22,500, Salaries and Wages Payable \)4,000, and Income Taxes Payable $7,000. Prepare the current liabilities section of the balance sheet.
Included in Outkast Company’s December 31, 2017, trial balance are the following accounts: Prepaid Rent \(5,200, Debt Investments (to be held to maturity until 2020) \)56,000, Unearned Fees \(17,000, Land (held for investment) \)39,000, and Notes Receivable (long-term) $42,000. Prepare the long-term investments section of the balance sheet.
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