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Chapter 7: Question 22Q (page 362)
What is the accounts receivable turnover, and what type of information does it provide?
The receivables turnover ratio is calculated using the net sales and the average accounts receivables of the company toevaluate the liquidity of the business entity.
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(Notes Receivable with Realistic Interest Rate) On October 1, 2017, Arden Farm Equipment Company sold a pecan-harvesting machine to Valco Brothers Farm, Inc. In lieu of a cash payment Valco Brothers Farm gave Arden a 2-year, $120,000, 8% note (a realistic rate of interest for a note of this type). The note required interest to be paid annually on October 1. Arden’s financial statements are prepared on a calendar-year basis.
Instructions
Assuming Valco Brothers Farm fulfills all the terms of the note, prepare the necessary journal entries for Arden Farm Equipment Company for the entire term of the note.
Finman Company designated Jill Holland as petty cash custodian and established a petty cash fund of \(200. The fund is reimbursed when the cash in the fund is at \)15, which it is. Petty cash receipts indicate funds were disbursed for office supplies \(94 and miscellaneous expense \)87. Prepare journal entries for the establishment of the fund and the reimbursement.
(Expected Cash Flows) On December 31, 2017, Iva Majoli Company borrowed \(62,092 from Paris Bank, signing a 5-year, \)100,000 zero-interest-bearing note. The note was issued to yield 10% interest. Unfortunately, during 2019, Majoli began to experience financial difficulty. As a result, at December 31, 2019, Paris Bank determined that it was probable that it would receive back only $75,000 at maturity. The market rate of interest on loans of this nature is now 11%.
Instructions
(a) Prepare the entry to record the issuance of the loan by Paris Bank on December 31, 2017.
(b) Prepare the entry, if any, to record the impairment of the loan on December 31, 2019, by Paris Bank.
(Transfer of Receivables with Recourse) Beyoncé Corporation factors \(175,000 of accounts receivable with Kathleen Battle Financing, Inc. on a with recourse basis. Kathleen Battle Financing will collect the receivables. The receivables records are transferred to Kathleen Battle Financing on August 15, 2017. Kathleen Battle Financing assesses a finance charge of 2% of the amount of accounts receivable and also reserves an amount equal to 4% of accounts receivable to cover probable adjustments.
Instructions
(a) What conditions must be met for a transfer of receivables with recourse to be accounted for as a sale?
(b) Assume the conditions from part (a) are met. Prepare the journal entry on August 15, 2017, for Beyoncé to record the sale of receivables, assuming the recourse obligation has a fair value of \)2,000.
What is the normal procedure for handling the collection of accounts receivable previously written off using the direct write-off method? The allowance method?
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