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Ethical Issue
Case Summary: Company G has borrowed $100,000 from a bank for expansion. The bank has put a condition that Company G should maintain a
To Journalize: The revenue transaction, and indicate how this will affect the current ratio.
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To Discuss: If it is ethical to record the revenue transaction in December, and identify the accounting principle being violated by this.
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Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters (6th Edition)
- Sal Shirey is an owner of a small business. His company has recently borrowed a large amount of funds to finance the construction of a large building addition, as well as, the purchase of equipment and machinery. Shirey's banker requires him to submit quarterly financial statements so that he can monitor the financial health of his business. The bank has warned that if profit margins decline, the interest rate on the loan may need to be increased in order to reflect additional risk. Shirey knows that profit may decline this year. As he is preparing the year-end adjusting entries, Sal decides, for depreciation purposes, to treat all long-term asset purchases as though they occurr on the first day of the month following the month of purchase. 1. Is there an ethical issue with the implementation of this rule? If so, what is it?2. When should depreciation first be recorded?3. What impact will Shirey's approach to recording depreciation have on the financial statements?arrow_forwardYou are a loan officer of Third National Bank and already way behind your target revenue for the year. One day the owner of a midsized company came to your office and is requesting for an immediate $100,000 loan for which she has appropriate collateral. You also know that the bank is going to reduce lending rates in the next couple of months. What actions would you take?Explain thoroughlyarrow_forwardYou are an assistant in the accounting department of Hasher Electronics, a small electronicsretailer. Hasher has a loan that requires the company to maintain a minimum cash balance of$125,000, as reported on its year-end balance sheet. Although Hasher has struggled in recent years,as of yesterday it looked as though Hasher would be able to meet this requirement. The cash balance in Hasher’s general ledger was $130,000 and the company’s credit manager was expecting toreceive a $30,000 electronic funds transfer that day on account from your biggest customer. Yourdepartment supervisor had been worried about meeting the loan requirement, so she had delayedmaking payments to Hasher’s suppliers for several days. But in anticipation of receiving the EFT,she decided yesterday to issue checks to suppliers totaling $15,000.It is now the last day of the fiscal year and your supervisor approaches you with a problem.Your big customer had backed out at the last minute, indicating it had “some…arrow_forward
- Camila Martinez has several credit cards, on which she is carrying a total current balance of $6,500. She is considering transferring this balance to a new card issued by a local bank. The bank advertises that, for a 4 percent fee, she can transfer her balance to a card that charges a 0 percent interest rate on transferred balances for the first 6 months. Calculate the fee that Camila would pay to transfer the balance. $ Describe the benefits and drawbacks of balance transfer cards.arrow_forwardColleen Fernandez, president of Rhino Enterprises, applied for a $175,000 loan from First Federal Bank. The bank requested financial statements from Rhino Enterprises as a basis for granting the loan. Colleen has told her accountant to provide the bank with a balance sheet. Colleen has decided to omit the other financial statements because there was a net loss during the past year. Given this scenario, share your thoughts on the following questions. Is Colleen behaving in a professional manner by omitting some of the financial statements? Why or Why not What impact could this omission have on the business or the bank, which is loaning the money?arrow_forwardThe president of the retailer Prime Products has just approached the company’s bank with a request for a$30,000, 90-day loan. The purpose of the loan is to assist the company in acquiring inventories. Becausethe company has had some difficulty in paying off its loans in the past, the loan officer has asked for a cashbudget to help determine whether the loan should be made. The following data are available for the monthsApril through June, during which the loan will be used:a. On April 1, the start of the loan period, the cash balance will be $24,000. Accounts receivable onApril 1 will total $140,000, of which $120,000 will be collected during April and $16,000 will becollected during May. The remainder will be uncollectible.b. Past experience shows that 30% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, 60% in themonth following sale, and 8% in the second month following sale. The other 2% represents bad debtsthat are never collected. Budgeted sales and expenses for the…arrow_forward
- You are the Senior Credit Officer at your bank. Miss James, your Junior Credit Officer, has presented the following projected data for 2019 supplied by The Mosely Corporation. She has asked for assistance in completing the statement of financial position. The Mosely Corporation has applied for a loan to start a project that you will eventually make the credit decision on. Mosely's actual sales for 2018 were $2,400,000. your The bank's lending policy requires that a borrower's financial position must show equity of at least 20% in order to attract the bank's funding. (a) Use the data to complete the statement of financial position for 2019arrow_forwardSeveral years ago, your brother opened Niagara Appliance Repairs. He made a small initial investment and added money from his personal bank account as needed. He withdrew money for living expenses at irregular intervals. As the business grew, he hired an assistant. He is now considering adding more employees, purchasing addi- tional service trucks, and purchasing the building he now rents. To secure funds for the expansion, your brother submitted a loan application to the bank and included the most recent financial statements (shown below) prepared from accounts maintained by a part-time bookkeeper. Indicate the accounts that might need to be adjusted before an accurate set of finan- cial statements can be prepared. c. Why did the loan officer ask your brother whether he used the accrual basis of accounting for revenues and expenses? Why would it have been important to use this method?arrow_forwardColleen Fernandez, president of Rhino Enterprises, applied for a $175,000 loan from First Federal Bank. The bank requested financial statements from Rhino Enterprises as a basis for granting the loan. Colleen has decided to omit the other financial statements because there was a net loss during the past year. Is Colleen behaving in a professional manner by omitting some of the financial statements? Justify your answer. What types of information about their businesses would owners be willing to provide bankers? What types of information would owners not willing to provide? What types of information about a business would bankers want before extending the loan? What common interests are shared by bankers and business owners?arrow_forward
- Madeline is the sole proprietor of Maddie's Fine Art and wants to know whether she will have enough funds in her bank account to pay her bills over the next three months. She has $1,000 in her bank account after recently selling a painting, owes $500 to a vendor for paint and canvas, and expects an additional $500 in invoices in the next three months for other supplies. As her accountant, the best feedback you can give Madeline is: Assuming no additional sales over the next three months, Maddie's Fine Art has a current ratio of 1.0 and therefore has the necessary liquidity to pay its vendors. Madeline will need to sell at least one more painting for $500 to cover the invoices due within the next three months as Maddie's Fine art has a current ratio of 0.5. Madeline should consult with a bankruptcy attorney because Maddie's Fine Art has a current ratio of 0.75 and may not be able to pay any or all of its invoices within the next three months. O In addition to paying her current…arrow_forwardThe Pizza and Coffee Company is owned and operated by Patty Patterson who commenced the business eight years ago. The company is now faced with financial challenges and is therefore in need of financial assistance from Ready Cash a local bank. You and your group members are the accounting associates supporting the credit request to Ready Cash and they are requesting a full set of financial statements to ensure that granting the loan would be financially feasible. Your head of finance has furnished you with the latest trial balance for The Pizza and Coffee Company, along with other information relevant to the year under review and you are tasked to prepare the documents requested by Ready Cash. Below is the trial balance which was extracted from the books of the business on December 31, 2020, the end of the company’s financial year. As a group, you are required to collaborate and analyse the problem at hand then apply the accrual basis of accounting in the preparation of the company’s…arrow_forwardThe Pizza and Coffee Company is owned and operated by Patty Patterson who commenced the business eight years ago. The company is now faced with financial challenges and is therefore in need of financial assistance from Ready Cash a local bank. You and your group members are the accounting associates supporting the credit request to Ready Cash and they are requesting a full set of financial statements to ensure that granting the loan would be financially feasible. Your head of finance has furnished you with the latest trial balance for The Pizza and Coffee Company, along with other information relevant to the year under review and you are tasked to prepare the documents requested by Ready Cash. Below is the trial balance which was extracted from the books of the business on December 31, 2020, the end of the company’s financial year. As a group, you are required to collaborate and analyse the problem at hand then apply the accrual basis of accounting in the preparation of the company’s…arrow_forward
- EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFinanceISBN:9781337514835Author:MOYERPublisher:CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT