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Chapter 7: 14BE (page 364)

Recent financial statements of General Mills, Inc. report net sales of \(12,442,000,000. Accounts receivable are \)912,000,000 at the beginning of the year and $953,000,000 at the end of the year. Compute General Mills’ accounts receivable turnover. Compute General Mills’ average collection period for accounts receivable in days.

Short Answer

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Accounts receivables turnover:13.34 times

Average Collection Period:27.36 days

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01

Definition of Financial Ratios

Financial Ratios can be defined as the various metric calculated using items of the financial statement to determine the financial capability of the business entity on various grounds.

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Accounts Receivable Turnover

Accountsreceivablesturnover=NetsalesAverageaccountsreceivables=$12,442,000,000$912,000,000+$953,000,0002=$12,442,000,000$932,500,000=13.34times

03

Average collection period

Averagecollectionperiod=365Accountsreceivablesturnover=36513.34=27.36days

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(Bad-Debt Reporting) Marvin Company is a subsidiary of Hughes Corp. The controller believes that the yearly allowance for doubtful accounts for Marvin should be 8% of gross accounts receivable. Given the recession and the high interest rate environment, the president, nervous that the parent company might expect the subsidiary to sustain its 10% growth rate, suggests that the controller increase the allowance for doubtful accounts to 9%. The president thinks that the lower net income, which reflects a 6% growth rate, will be a more sustainable rate for Marvin Company.

Instructions

(a) In a recessionary environment with tight credit and high interest rates:

(1) Identify steps Marvin Company might consider to improve the accounts receivable situation.

(2) Then evaluate each step identified in terms of the risks and costs involved.

(b) Should the controller be concerned with Marvin Company’s growth rate in estimating the allowance? Explain your answer.

(c) Does the president’s request pose an ethical dilemma for the controller? Give your reasons.

The following are a series of unrelated situations. 1. Halen Company’s unadjusted trial balance at December 31, 2017, included the following accounts.

Debit \(

Credit \)

Accounts receivables

\(53,000

Allowance for doubtful accounts

4,000

Net sales

\)1,200,000

Halen Company estimates its bad debt expense to be 7% of gross accounts receivable. Determine its bad debt expense for 2017.

2. An analysis and aging of Stuart Corp. accounts receivable at December 31, 2017, disclosed the following.

Amounts estimated to be uncollectible

\(180,000

Accounts receivables

1,750,000

Allowance for doubtful accounts (per books)

125,000

What is the net realizable value of Stuart’s receivables at December 31, 2017?

3. Shore Co. provides for doubtful accounts based on 4% of gross accounts receivable, The following data are available for 2017.

Credit sales during 2017

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Bad debt expenses

57,000

Allowance for doubtful accounts 1/1/17

17,000

Collection of accounts written off in prior years (Customer credit was re-established)

8,000

Customer accounts written off as uncollectible during 2017

30,000

What is the balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31, 2017?

4. At the end of its first year of operations, December 31, 2017, Darden Inc. reported the following information.

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts

\(950,000

Customer accounts written off as uncollectible during 2017

24,000

Bad debt expense for 2017

84,000

What should be the balance in accounts receivable at December 31, 2017, before subtracting the allowance for doubtful accounts?

5. The following accounts were taken from Bullock Inc.’s trial balance at December 31, 2017.

Debit

Credit

Net credit sales

\)750,000

Allowance for doubtful accounts

$14,000

Accounts receivables

310,000

If doubtful accounts are 3% of accounts receivable, determine the bad debt expense to be reported for 2017.

Instructions

Answer the questions relating to each of the five independent situations as requested.

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On September 1, 2017, Moresan sold special-order merchandise on credit and received in return a zero-interest-bearing note receivable from the customer. The prevailing rate of interest for a note of this type is determinable. The note receivable is due in one lump sum on August 31, 2019.

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On November 1, 2017, other trade accounts receivable were sold without recourse. The factor withheld 5% of the trade accounts receivable factored as protection against sales returns and allowances and charged a finance charge of 3%.

Instructions

How should Moresan account for subsequent collections on the trade accounts receivable assigned on October 1, 2017, and the payments to Indigo Finance? Why?

(Bank Reconciliation and Adjusting Entries) Logan Bruno Company has just received the August 31, 2017, bank statement, which is summarized below.

Country National Bank

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Receipts

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\(9,369

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\)32,200

\(41,569

Note collected for depositor, including \)40 interest

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42,609

Checks cleared during August

34,500

8,109

Bank service charges

20

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Cash

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Disbursement in August

34,903

Receipt during August

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Instructions

(a) Prepare a bank reconciliation dated August 31, 2017, proceeding to a correct balance.

(b) Prepare any entries necessary to make the books correct and complete.

(c) What amount of cash should be reported in the August 31 balance sheet?

Of what merit is the contention that the allowance method lacks the objectivity of the direct write-off method? Discuss in terms of accounting’s measurement function.
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