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Chapter 24: 4CA_6 (page 1454)

At December 31, 2017, Coburn Corp. has assets of \(10,000,000, liabilities of \)6,000,000, common stock of \(2,000,000 (representing 2,000,000 shares of \)1 par common stock), and retained earnings of \(2,000,000. Net sales for the year 2017 were \)18,000,000, and net income was \(800,000. As auditors of this company, you are making a review of subsequent events on February 13, 2018, and you find the following.

6) On February 1, 2018, the board of directors adopted a resolution accepting the offer of an investment banker to guarantee the marketing of \)1,200,000 of preferred stock.

Instructions

State in each case how the 2017 financial statements would be affected, if at all.

Short Answer

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A new stock issue should be disclosed.

Step by step solution

01

Meaning of Preferred Stocks

Preferred stock is a type of stock that has particular advantages or qualities that common stock does not have. The characteristics that separate preferred stock from ordinary stock may be more limiting and negative than preferences.

02

Explaining the effect in the financial statements

In the footnote of the balance sheet, describe the functions of the new stock issue.

New issues, whether stocks or bonds, are a way for a firm to raise funds. An initial public offering (IPO) is a type of stock offering that allows investors to purchase the stock of a private company for the first time.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

The FASB requires a reconciliation between the effective tax rate and the federal government鈥檚 statutory rate. Of what benefit is such a disclosure requirement?

The following statement is an excerpt from the FASB pronouncement related to interim reporting. Interim financial information is essential to provide investors and others with timely information as to the progress of the enterprise. The usefulness of such information rests on the relationship that it has to the annual results of operations. Accordingly, the Board has concluded that each interim period should be viewed primarily as an integral part of an annual period. In general, the results for each interim period should be based on the accounting principles and practices used by an enterprise in the preparation of its latest annual financial statements unless a change in an accounting practice or policy has been adopted in the current year. The Board has concluded, however, that certain accounting principles and practices followed for annual reporting purposes may require modification at interim reporting dates so that the reported results for the interim period may better relate to the results of operations for the annual period.

Instructions

The following six independent cases present how accounting facts might be reported on an individual company鈥檚 interim financial reports. For each of these cases, state whether the method proposed to be used for interim reporting would be acceptable under generally accepted accounting principles applicable to interim financial data. Support each answer with a brief explanation.

e) Fredonia Company has estimated its annual audit fee. It plans to pro rate this expense equally over all four quarters.

(Horizontal and Vertical Analysis) Presented below is the comparative balance sheet for Gilmour Company.

GILMOUR COMPANY

COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017

December 31

2018

2017

Assets

Cash

\( 180,000

\) 275,000

Accounts receivable (net)

220,000

155,000

Short-term investments

270,000

150,000

Inventories

1,060,000

980,000

Prepaid expenses

25,000

25,000

Plant & equipment

2,585,000

1,950,000

Accumulated depreciation

(1,000,000)

(750,000)

\(3,340,000

(2,785,000)

Liabilities and Stockholders鈥� Equity

Accounts payable

\) 50,000

\( 75,000

Accrued expenses

170,000

200,000

Bonds payable

450,000

190,000

Common stock

2,100,000

1,770,000

Retained earnings

570,000

550,000

\)3,340,000

(2,785,000)

Instructions

(Round to two decimal places.)

  1. Prepare a comparative balance sheet of Gilmour Company showing the dollar change and the percent change for each item.

Snider Corporation, a publicly-traded company, is preparing the interim financial data which it will issue to its shareholders at the end of the first quarter of the 2017鈥�2018 fiscal year. Snider鈥檚 financial accounting department has compiled the following summarized revenue and expense data for the first quarter of the year.

Sales revenue \(60,000,000

Cost of goods sold 36,000,000

Variable selling expenses 1,000,000

Fixed selling expenses 3,000,000

Included in the fixed selling expenses was the single lump-sum payment of \)2,000,000 for television advertisements for the entire year.

Instructions

a) Snider Corporation must issue its quarterly financial statements in accordance with IFRS regarding interim financial reporting.

2. State how the sales revenue, cost of goods sold, and fixed selling expenses would be reflected in Snider Corporation鈥檚 quarterly report prepared for the first quarter of the 2017鈥�2018 fiscal year. Briefly y justify your presentation.

Answer each of the questions in the following unrelated situations.

a) The current ratio of a company is 5:1 and its acid-test ratio is 1:1. If the inventories and prepaid items amount to $500,000, what is the amount of current liabilities?

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