Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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ISBN: 9780134725987
Author: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.75DC
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To prepare and comment: The summary income statement for Incorporation LE for the year ended December 31, 2018 using T-account for accounts receivable to determine service revenue and to comment on the profitability of the company for the stockholders.
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Liang Company began operations in Year 1. During it's first two years, the company completed a number of transactions involveing sales on credit, accounts receivable collections and bad debts. These transactions are summarized as follows.
Year 1
a. Sold $1,345,434 of merchandise (that had costs $975,000) on credit, terms n/30.
b. Wrote off $18,300 of uncollectivle accounts receivable
c. Received $669,200 cash in payments of acccounts receivable.
d. In adjusting the accounts on Decmeber 31, the company estimated that 1.5% of accounts receivable would be uncollectible.
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Mar.
17
Accounts receivable of $1,700 were written off as uncollectible. The company uses the allowance method.
30
Loaned an officer of the company $20,000 and received a note requiring principal and interest at 7% to be paid on March 30, 2019.
May
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Discounted the $20,000 note at a local bank. The bank’s discount rate is 8%. The note was discounted without recourse and the sale criteria are met.
June
30
Sold merchandise to the Blankenship Company for $12,000. Terms of the sale are 2/10, n/30. Weldon uses the gross method to account for cash discounts.
July
8
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as part of
on your balance sheet. *
O Current Assets
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Suppose you are closing the books at the end of a fiscal year
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Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
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