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Chapter 7: Question E7-22 (page 369)

(Petty Cash) Carolyn Keene, Inc. decided to establish a petty cash fund to help ensure internal control over its small cash expenditures. The following information is available for the month of April.

1. On April 1, it established a petty cash fund in the amount of \(200.

2. A summary of the petty cash expenditures made by the petty cash custodian as of April 10 is as follows

Delivery charges paid on merchandise purchased

\)60

Supplies Purchased and used

25

Postage expenses

33

I.O.U from employees

17

Miscellaneous expenses

36

The petty cash fund was replenished on April 10. The balance in the fund was \(27.

3. The petty cash fund balance was increased \)100 to $300 on April 20.

Instructions

Prepare the journal entries to record transactions related to petty cash for the month of April

Short Answer

Expert verified

Cash short and over totals$2.

Step by step solution

01

Definition of Miscellaneous Expenses

A ledger account that reports all the minor expenses made by the business entity is known as a miscellaneous expense.

02

Journal Entries

Date

Accounts and Explanation

Debit $

Credit $

April 1

Petty cash

$200

Cash

$200

April 10

Delivery charges

$60

Supplies expenses

$25

Postage expenses

$33

I.O.U from employees

$17

Miscellaneous expenses

$36

Cash over and short

$2

Cash$200-$27

$173

April 20

Petty cash

$100

Cash

$100

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Francis Equipment Co. closes its books regularly on December 31, but at the end of 2017 it held its cash book open so that a more favorable balance sheet could be prepared for credit purposes. Cash receipts and disbursements for the first 10 days of January were recorded as December transactions. The information is given below.

1. January cash receipts recorded in the December cash book totaled \(45,640, of which \)28,000 represents cash sales, and \(17,640 represents collections on account for which cash discounts of \)360 were given.

2. January cash disbursements recorded in the December check register liquidated accounts payable of \(22,450 on which discounts of \)250 were taken.

3. The ledger has not been closed for 2017.

4. The amount shown as inventory was determined by physical count on December 31, 2017.

The company uses the periodic method of inventory.

Instructions

(a) Prepare any entries you consider necessary to correct Francis’s accounts at December 31.

(b) To what extent was Francis Equipment Co. able to show a more favorable balance sheet at December 31 by holding its cash book open? (Compute working capital and the current ratio.) Assume that the balance sheet that was prepared by the company showed the following amounts:

Debit

Credit

Cash

\(39,000

Accounts receivables

42,000

Inventory

67,00

Accounts payable

\)45,000

Other Current liabilities

14,200

(Assigned Accounts Receivable—Journal Entries) Salen Company finances some of its current operations by assigning accounts receivable to a finance company. On July 1, 2017, it assigned, under guarantee, specific accounts amounting to \(150,000. The finance company advanced to Salen 80% of the accounts assigned (20% of the total to be withheld until the finance company has made its full recovery), less a finance charge of ½% of the total accounts assigned.

On July 31, Salen Company received a statement that the finance company had collected \)80,000 of these accounts and had made an additional charge of ½% of the total accounts outstanding as of July 31. This charge is to be deducted at the time of the first remittance due Salen Company from the finance company. (Hint: Make entries at this time.) On August 31, 2017, Salen Company received a second statement from the finance company, together with a check for the amount due. The statement indicated that the finance company had collected an additional $50,000 and had made a further charge of ½% of the balance outstanding as of August 31.

Instructions

Make all entries on the books of Salen Company that are involved in the transactions above.

GROUPWORK (Income Effects of Receivables Transactions) Sandburg Company requires additional cash for its business. Sandburg has decided to use its accounts receivable to raise the additional cash and has asked you to determine the income statement effects of the following contemplated transactions.

1. On July 1, 2017, Sandburg assigned \(400,000 of accounts receivable to Keller Finance Company. Sandburg received an advance from Keller of 80% of the assigned accounts receivable less a commission of 3% on the advance. Prior to December 31, 2017, Sandburg collected \)220,000 on the assigned accounts receivable, and remitted \(232,720 to Keller, \)12,720 of which represented interest on the advance from Keller.

2. On December 1, 2017, Sandburg sold \(300,000 of net accounts receivable to Wunsch Company for \)270,000. The receivables were sold outright on a without recourse basis.

3. On December 31, 2017, an advance of \(120,000 was received from First Bank by pledging \)160,000 of Sandburg’s accounts receivable. Sandburg’s first payment to First Bank is due on January 30, 2018.

Instructions

Prepare a schedule showing the income statement effects for the year ended December 31, 2017, as a result of the above facts.

What are two methods of recording accounts receivable transactions when a cash discount situation is involved? Which is more theoretically correct? Which is used in practice more of the time? Why?

Corrs Wholesalers Co. sells industrial equipment for a standard 3-year note receivable. Revenue is recognized at time of sale. Each note is secured by a lien on the equipment and has a face amount equal to the equipment’s list price. Each note’s stated interest rate is below the customer’s market rate at date of sale. All notes are to be collected in three equal annual installments beginning one year after sale. Some of the notes are subsequently sold to a bank with recourse, some are subsequently sold without recourse, and some are retained by Corrs. At year end, Corrs evaluates all outstanding notes receivable and provides for estimated losses arising from defaults.

Instructions

How should Corrs account for the sale, without recourse, of a February 1, 2017, note receivable sold on May 1, 2017? Why is it appropriate to account for it in this way?

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