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Chapter 7: Question 12Q (page 362)
Explain how accounting for bad debts can be used for earnings management.
Companies can manage their earnings byover and underestimating the bad debts expenses.
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On October 1, 2017, Chung, Inc. assigns \(1,000,000 of its accounts receivable to Seneca National Bank as collateral for a \)750,000 note. The bank assesses a finance charge of 2% of the receivables assigned and interest on the note of 9%. Prepare the October 1 journal entries for both Chung and Seneca.
(Notes Receivable with Realistic Interest Rate) On October 1, 2017, Arden Farm Equipment Company sold a pecan-harvesting machine to Valco Brothers Farm, Inc. In lieu of a cash payment Valco Brothers Farm gave Arden a 2-year, $120,000, 8% note (a realistic rate of interest for a note of this type). The note required interest to be paid annually on October 1. Arden鈥檚 financial statements are prepared on a calendar-year basis.
Instructions
Assuming Valco Brothers Farm fulfills all the terms of the note, prepare the necessary journal entries for Arden Farm Equipment Company for the entire term of the note.
Use the information from BE7-2, assuming Restin Co. uses the net method to account for cash discounts. Prepare the required journal entries for Restin Co.
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.
1. Commercial savings account of \(600,000 and a commercial checking account balance of \)900,000 are held at First National Bank of Yojimbo.
2. Money market fund account held at Volonte Co. (a mutual fund organization) permits Eastwood to write checks on this balance, \(5,000,000.
3. Travel advances of \)180,000 for executive travel for the first quarter of next year (employee to reimburse through salary reduction).
4. A separate cash fund in the amount of \(1,500,000 is restricted for the retirement of long-term debt.
5. Petty cash fund of \)1,000.
6. An I.O.U. from Marianne Koch, a company customer, in the amount of \(190,000.
7. A bank overdraft of \)110,000 has occurred at one of the banks the company uses to deposit its cash receipts. At the present time, the company has no deposits at this bank.
8. The company has two certificates of deposit, each totaling \(500,000. These CDs have a maturity of 120 days.
9. Eastwood has received a check that is dated January 12, 2018, in the amount of \)125,000.
10. Eastwood has agreed to maintain a cash balance of \(500,000 at all times at First National Bank of Yojimbo to ensure future credit availability.
11. Eastwood has purchased \)2,100,000 of commercial paper of Sergio Leone Co. which is due in 60 days.
12. Currency and coin on hand amounted to $7,700.
Instructions
(a) Compute the amount of cash to be reported on Eastwood Co.鈥檚 balance sheet at December 31, 2017.
(b) Indicate the proper reporting for items that are not reported as cash on the December 31, 2017, balance sheet.
Dold Acrobats lent \(16,529 to Donaldson, Inc., accepting Donaldson鈥檚 2-year, \)20,000, zero-interest-bearing note. The implied interest rate is 10%. Prepare Dold鈥檚 journal entries for the initial transaction, recognition of interest each year, and the collection of $20,000 at maturity.
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