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Chapter 5: Question 1IFRS (page 262)
IFRS5-1 Where can authoritative IFRS guidance be found related to the statement of financial position (balance sheet) and the statement of cash flows?
IAS 1 and IAS 7 states the disclosure requirements of the statement of financial position and cash flow statement.
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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.
What is meant by solvency? What information in the balance sheet can be used to assess a company’s solvency?
Case 4: Amazon.com The incredible growth of Amazon.com has put fear into the hearts of traditional retailers. Amazon’s stock price has soared to amazing levels. However, it is often pointed out in the financial press that it took the company several years to report its first profit. The following financial information is taken from a recent annual report.
(\( in millions) | Current year | Prior year |
Current assets | \)31,327 | $24,625 |
Total assets | 54,505 | 40,159 |
Current liabilities | 28,089 | 22,980 |
Total liabilities | 43,764 | 30,413 |
Cash provided by operations | 6,842 | 5,475 |
Capital expenditures | 4,893 | 3,444 |
Dividend paid | 0 | 0 |
Net income (loss) | (241) | 274 |
Sales | 88,988 | 74,452 |
Instructions
(a) Calculate free cash flow for Amazon for the current and prior years, and discuss its ability to finance expansion from internally generated cash. Thus far Amazon has avoided purchasing large warehouses. Instead, it has used those of others. It is possible, however, that in order to increase customer satisfaction, the company may have to build its own warehouses. If this happens, how might your impression of its ability to finance expansion change?
(b) Discuss any potential implications of the change in Amazon’s cash provided by operations from the prior year to the current year.
The net income for the year for Genesis, Inc. is \(750,000, but the statement of cash flows reports that the net cash provided by operating activities is \)640,000. What might account for the difference?
E5-10 (L02,3) (Current Liabilities) Norma Smith is the controller of Baylor Corporation and is responsible for the preparation of the year-end financial statements. The following transactions occurred during the year.
(a) On December 20, 2017, a former employee filed a legal action against Baylor for \(100,000 for wrongful dismissal. Management believes the action to be frivolous and without merit. The likelihood of payment to the employee is remote.
(b) Bonuses to key employees based on net income for 2017 are estimated to be \)150,000.
(c) On December 1, 2017, the company borrowed \(600,000 at 8% per year. Interest is paid quarterly.
(d) Accounts receivable at December 31, 2017, is \)10,000,000. An aging analysis indicates that Baylor’s expense provision for doubtful accounts is estimated to be 3% of the receivables balance.
(e) On December 15, 2017, the company declared a \(2.00 per share dividend on the 40,000 shares of common stock outstanding, to be paid on January 5, 2018.
(f) During the year, customer advances of \)160,000 were received; $50,000 of this amount was earned by December 31, 2017.
Instructions For each item above, indicate the dollar amount to be reported as a current liability. If a liability is not reported, explain why.
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