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Chapter 5: Q4CA. (page 253)

(Presentation of Property, Plant, and Equipment) Carol Keene, corporate comptroller for Dumaine Industries, is trying to decide how to present “Property, plant, and equipment” in the balance sheet. She realizes that the statement of cash flows will show that the company made a significant investment in purchasing new equipment this year, but overall she knows the company’s plant assets are rather old. She feels that she can disclose one figure titled “Property, plant, and equipment, net of depreciation,” and the result will be a low figure. However, it will not disclose the age of the assets. If she chooses to show the cost less accumulated depreciation, the age of the assets will be apparent. She proposes the following.

Particular

Amount \(

Property, Plant, and Equipment (net of depreciation)

\)10,000,000

Rather than

Particular

Amount \(

Property, Plant, and Equipment

\)50,000,000

Less: Accumulated depreciation

(40,000,000)

Net book value

$10,000,000

Instructions

Answer the following questions.

(a) What are the ethical issues involved?

(b) What should Keene do?

Short Answer

Expert verified

(a) Ethical issues involved non-representation of accumulated depreciation.

(b) Keene must report accumulated depreciation as well along with the value of the asset

Step by step solution

01

Definition of Misrepresentation

Misrepresentation can be defined as the activity in which the business entitydoes not report the actual value of the assets and liabilities to influence the investors and users of the financial statement.

02

Ethical Issued involved

Keene has decided to represent the amount of property, plant, and equipment in the balance sheet as net of accumulated depreciation. Non-representation of the accumulated depreciation in the balance sheet will hide the actual age of the assets, and the business will look more efficient.

03

Procedure to be Followed

Keene must report property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation separately. It will provide full information and facts about the business entity’s assets, and it will be considered an ethical way of representing assets in the balance sheet.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

EXCEL (Current Assets Section of the Balance Sheet) Presented below are selected accounts of Yasunari Kawabata Company at December 31, 2017.

Inventory

\(52,000

Cost of goods sold

2,100,000

Unearned service revenue

90,000

Note receivable

40,000

Equipment

253,000

Account receivable

161,000

Inventory (Work-in-process)

34,000

Inventory (raw material)

207,000

Cash

37,000

Supplies Expenses

60,000

Debt investment (Short-term)

31,000

Allowance for doubtful accounts

12,000

Customer advances

36,000

License

18,000

Restricted cash for plant expansion

50,000

Additional paid-in-capital

88,000

Treasury stock

22,000

The following additional information is available.

1. Inventories are valued at lower-of-cost or market using LIFO.

2. Equipment is recorded at cost. Accumulated depreciation, computed on a straight-line basis, is \)50,600.

3. The short-term investments have a fair value of \(29,000. (Assume they are trading securities.)

4. The notes receivable are due April 30, 2019, with interest receivable every April 30. The notes bear interest at 6%. (Hint: Accrue interest due on December 31, 2017.)

5. The allowance for doubtful accounts applies to the accounts receivable. Accounts receivable of \)50,000 are pledged as collateral on a bank loan.

6. Licenses are recorded net of accumulated amortisation of $14,000.

7. Treasury stock is recorded at cost.

Instructions

Prepare the current assets section of Yasunari Kawabata Company’s December 31, 2017, balance sheet, with appropriate disclosures.

(Critique of Balance Sheet Format and Content) The following is the balance sheet of Sameed Brothers Corporation (000s omitted).

SAMEED BROTHERS CORPORATION

BALANCE SHEET

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Assets

Current assets

Cash

\(26,000

Marketable securities

18,000

Accounts receivables

25,000

Inventory

20,000

Supplies

4,000

Stock investment in subsidiary company

20,000

\)113,000

Investment

Treasury stock

25,000

Property, Plant and Equipment

Building and land

91,000

Less: Reserve for depreciation

(31,000)

60,000

Other assets

Cash Surrender value of life insurance

19,000

Total assets

\(217,000

Liabilities and Stockholder’s equity

Accounts payable

\)22,000

Reserve for income taxes

15,000

Customer’s account with credit balance

1

\(37,001

Deferred credit

Unamortized premium on bonds payable

2,000

Long term liabilities

Bonds payable

60,000

Total liabilities

99,001

Common stock

Common stock at par \)5

85,000

Earned surplus

24,999

Cash Dividend declared

8,000

117,999

Total liabilities and Stockholder’s equity

$217,000

Instructions

Evaluate the balance sheet presented. State briefly the proper treatment of any item criticized

What is the profession’s recommendation in regard to the use of the term “surplus”? Explain.

Question: E5-3 (L02,3) (Classification of Balance Sheet Accounts) Assume that Fielder Enterprises uses the following headings on its balance sheet.

(a) Current assets

(g) Long-term liabilities

(b) Investments

(h) Capital stock

(c) Property, plant, and equipment

(i) Equity attribute to non-controlling interest

(d) Intangible assets

(i) paid-in-capital in excess of par

(e) Other assets

(k) Retained earnings

(f) Current liabilities

Instructions

Indicate by letter how each of the following usually should be classified. If an item should appear in a note to the financial statements, use the letter “N” to indicate this fact. If an item need not be reported at all on the balance sheet, use the letter “X.”

1. Prepaid insurance.

2. Stock owned in affiliated companies.

3. Unearned service revenue.

4. Advances to suppliers.

5. Unearned rent revenue.

6. Preferred stock.

7. Additional paid-in capital on preferred stock.

8. Copyrights.

9. Petty cash fund.

10. Sales taxes payable.

11. Accrued interest on notes receivable.

12. Twenty-year issue of bonds payable that will mature within the next year. (No sinking fund exists, and refunding is not planned.)

13. Machinery retired from use and held for sale.

14. Fully depreciated machine still in use.

15. Accrued interest on bonds payable.

16. Salaries that company budget shows will be paid to employees within the next year.

17. Discount on bonds payable. (Assume related to bonds payable in item 12.)

18. Accumulated depreciation—buildings.

19. Shares held by non-controlling stockholders.

Discuss at least two situations in which estimates could affect the usefulness of the information in the balance sheet.
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