Chapter 7 Homework

1. The controller of the Red Wing Corporation is in the process of preparing the company’s 2021 financial statements. She is trying to determine the correct balance of cash and cash equivalents to be reported as a current asset in the balance sheet. The following items are being considered:
 

Balances in the company’s accounts at the First National Bank; checking $13,500, savings $22,100.
Undeposited customer checks of $5,200.
Currency and coins on hand of $580.
Savings account at the East Bay Bank with a balance of $400,000. This account is being used to accumulate cash for future plant expansion (in 2023).
$20,000 in a checking account at the East Bay Bank. The balance in the account represents a 20% compensating balance for a $100,000 loan with the bank. Red Wing may not withdraw the funds until the loan is due in 2024.
U.S. Treasury bills; 2-month maturity bills totaling $15,000, and 7-month bills totaling $20,000.

Required:
1. Determine the correct balance of cash and cash equivalents to be reported in the current asset section of the 2021 balance sheet.

2.   Tracy Company, a manufacturer of air conditioners, sold 100 units to Thomas Company on November 17, 2021. The units have a list price of $600 each, but Thomas was given a 30% trade discount. The terms of the sale were 2/10, n/30.

Required:
1. Prepare the journal entries to record the sale on November 17 (ignore cost of goods) and collection on November 26, 2021, assuming that the gross method of accounting for cash discounts is used.
2. Prepare the journal entries to record the sale on November 17 (ignore cost of goods) and collection on December 15, 2021, assuming that the gross method of accounting for cash discounts is used.

3.  Tracy Company, a manufacturer of air conditioners, sold 100 units to Thomas Company on November 17, 2021. The units have a list price of $600 each, but Thomas was given a 30% trade discount. The terms of the sale were 2/10, n/30.

3-a. Prepare the journal entries to record the sale on November 17 (ignore cost of goods) and collection on November 26, 2021, assuming that the net method of accounting for cash discounts is used.
3-b. Prepare the journal entries to record the sale on November 17 (ignore cost of goods) and collection on December 15, 2021, assuming that the net method of accounting for cash discounts is used.

4.  Halifax Manufacturing allows its customers to return merchandise for any reason up to 90 days after delivery and receive a credit to their accounts. All of Halifax’s sales are for credit (no cash is collected at the time of sale). The company began 2021 with a refund liability of $300,000. During 2021, Halifax sold merchandise on account for $11,500,000. Halifax’s merchandise costs is 65% of merchandise selling price. Also during the year, customers returned $450,000 in sales for credit, with $250,000 of those being returns of merchandise sold prior to 2021, and the rest being merchandise sold during 2021. Sales returns, estimated to be 4% of sales, are recorded as an adjusting entry at the end of the year.

Required:
1. Prepare entries to (a) record actual returns in 2021 of merchandise that was sold prior to 2021; (b) record actual returns in 2021 of merchandise that was sold during 2021; and (c) adjust the refund liability to its appropriate balance at year end.
2. What is the amount of the year-end refund liability after the adjusting entry is recorded?

5.  Johnson Company calculates its allowance for uncollectible accounts as 5% of its ending balance in gross accounts receivable. The allowance for uncollectible accounts had a credit balance of $12,000 at the beginning of 2021.  No previously written-off accounts receivable were reinstated during 2021.  At 12/31/2021, gross accounts receivable totaled $200,100, and prior to recording the adjusting entry to recognize bad debts expense for 2021, the allowance for uncollectible accounts had a debit balance of 22,000.

Required:
1. What was the balance in gross accounts receivable as of 12/31/2020?
2. What journal entry should Johnson record to recognize bad debt expense for 2021?
3. Assume Johnson made no other adjustment of the allowance for uncollectible accounts during 2021. Determine the amount of accounts receivable written off during 2021.
4. If Johnson instead used the direct write-off method, what would bad debt expense be for 2021?

6.   Colorado Rocky Cookie Company offers credit terms to its customers. At the end of 2021, accounts receivable totaled $625,000. The allowance method is used to account for uncollectible accounts. The allowance for uncollectible accounts had a credit balance of $32,000 at the beginning of 2021 and $21,000 in receivables were written off during the year as uncollectible. Also, $1,200 in cash was received in December from a customer whose account previously had been written off. The company estimates bad debts by applying a percentage of 10% to accounts receivable at the end of the year.

Required:
1. Prepare journal entries to record the write-off of receivables, the collection of $1,200 for previously written off receivables, and the year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense.
2. How would accounts receivable be shown in the 2021 year-end balance sheet?

7.   On January 1, 2021, Wright Transport sold four school buses to the Elmira School District. In exchange for the buses, Wright received a note requiring payment of $515,000 by Elmira on December 31, 2023. The effective interest rate is 8%. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.):

Required:
1. How much sales revenue would Wright recognize on January 1, 2021, for this transaction?
2. Prepare journal entries to record the sale of merchandise on January 1, 2021 (omit any entry that might be required for the cost of the goods sold), the December 31, 2021, interest accrual, the December 31, 2022, interest accrual, and receipt of payment of the note on December 31, 2023.