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Chapter 5: Q2Q (page 237)
Question: What is meant by solvency? What information in the balance sheet can be used to assess a company鈥檚 solvency?
Answer
Solvency reflects the ability to repay the borrowed money. It can be determined using the liabilities and the assets classified as current in nature
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P5-4 (L03) GROUPWORK (Preparation of a Corrected Balance Sheet) The balance sheet of Kishwaukee Corporation as of December 31, 2017, is as follows.
KISHWAUKEE CORPORATION | |
Balance Sheet | |
December 31, 2017 | |
Assets | |
Goodwill (Note 2) | \(120,000 |
Building (Note 1) | 1,640,000 |
Inventory | 312,100 |
Land | 950,000 |
Accounts receivable | 170,000 |
Treasury Stock (50,000 shares) | 87,000 |
Cash on hand | 175,900 |
Assets allocated to trustee for plant expansion | |
Cash in bank | 70,000 |
Debt investment (held to maturity) | 138,000 |
\)3,663,000 | |
Equities | |
Note payable (Note 3) | \(600,000 |
Common stock authorized and issue, 1,000,000 shares no par | 1,150,000 |
Retained earnings | 103,000 |
Non-controlling Interest | 55,000 |
Appreciation capital (Note 1) | 570,000 |
Income tax payable | 75,000 |
Reserve for depreciation recorded to the date of building | 410,000 |
\)3,663,000 |
Note 1: Buildings are stated at cost, except for one building that was recorded at appraised value. The excess of appraisal value over cost was \(570,000. Depreciation has been recorded based on cost.
Note 2: Goodwill in the amount of \)120,000 was recognized because the company believed that book value was not an accurate representation of the fair value of the company. The gain of \(120,000 was credited to Retained Earnings.
Note 3: Notes payable are long-term except for the current installment due of \)100,000.
Instructions
Prepare a corrected classified balance sheet in good form. The notes above are for information only
E5-6 (L02,3) (Corrections of a Balance Sheet) The bookkeeper for Geronimo Company has prepared the following balance sheet as of July 31, 2017.
GERONIMO COMPANY | |||
Balance Sheet | |||
As of July 31, 2017 | |||
Cash | \(69,000 | Notes and accounts payable | \)44,000 |
Account receivable (net) | 40,500 | Long-term liabilities | 75,000 |
Inventory | 60,000 | Stockholder鈥檚 equity | 155,500 |
Equipment (net) | 84,000 | ||
Patents | 21,000 | ||
\(274,500 | \)274,500 |
The following additional information is provided.
1. Cash includes \(1,200 in a petty cash fund and \)15,000 in a bond sinking fund.
2. The net accounts receivable balance is comprised of the following two items: (a) accounts receivable \(44,000 and (b) allowance for doubtful accounts \)3,500.
3. Inventory costing \(5,300 was shipped out on consignment on July 31, 2017. The ending inventory balance does not include the consigned goods. Receivables in the amount of \)5,300 were recognized on these consigned goods.
4. Equipment had a cost of \(112,000 and an accumulated depreciation balance of \)28,000.
5. Income taxes payable of $6,000 were accrued on July 31. Geronimo Company, however, had set up a cash fund to meet this obligation. This cash fund was not included in the cash balance but was offset against the income taxes payable amount.
Instructions
Prepare a corrected classified balance sheet as of July 31, 2017, from the available information, adjusting the account balances using the additional information.
E5-9 (L02,3) (Current Assets and Current Liabilities) 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 | |||
\(302,000 |
The following errors in the corporation鈥檚 accounting have been discovered:
1. January 2018 cash disbursements entered as of December 2017 included payments of accounts payable in the amount of \)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鈥檚 retained earnings balance.
BE5-2 (L03) Koch Corporation鈥檚 adjusted trial balance contained the following asset accounts at December 31, 2017: Cash \(7,000, Land \)40,000, Patents \(12,500, Accounts Receivable \)90,000, Prepaid Insurance \(5,200, Inventory \)30,000, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts \(4,000, and Equity Investments (trading) \)11,000. Prepare the current assets section of the balance sheet, listing the accounts in proper sequence.
BE5-8 (L03) Included in Adams Company鈥檚 December 31, 2017, trial balance are the following accounts: Accounts Payable \(220,000, Pension Liability \)375,000, Discount on Bonds Payable \(29,000, Unearned Rent Revenue \)41,000, Bonds Payable \(400,000, Salaries and Wages Payable \)27,000, Interest Payable \(12,000, and Income Taxes Payable \)29,000. Prepare the current liabilities section of the balance sheet.
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