Hawes Home Improvement Center has just completed its first year of operation.  It has the following accounts in the general ledger.  The bookkeeper is not sure which accounts should be reported on the balance sheet and how those accounts should be classified. Accounts payable                                                      Interest payable Accounts receivable                                                  Investment in equities Accumulated depreciation – equipment                 Merchandise inventory Accumulated depreciation – building                      Note payable, noninterest-bearing, Accumulated depreciation – vehicle                             due in 5 years Administrative expenses                                           Note payable, due in 120 days Allowance for uncollectible accounts                       Paid-in-capital in excess of par value Building                                                                      Prepaid insurance Cash and equivalents                                               Retained earnings Common stock                                                           Sales Cost of goods sold                                                     Sales discounts Delivery vehicle                                                          Sales returns and allowances Discount on note payable                                         Selling expenses Dividends payable                                                     Supplies Equipment                                                                 Investment in Treasury Bills (short-term) Income tax expense                                                   Trademark   4.Determine the accounts that will appear in the current liability section of the balance sheet and the order in which they should be listed. 5.Determine the accounts that will appear in the long-term liability section of the balance sheet and the order in which they will be listed. 6.Determine the accounts that will appear in the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet and the order in which they should be listed.

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Hawes Home Improvement Center has just completed its first year of operation.  It has the following accounts in the general ledger.  The bookkeeper is not sure which accounts should be reported on the balance sheet and how those accounts should be classified.

Accounts payable                                                      Interest payable

Accounts receivable                                                  Investment in equities

Accumulated depreciation – equipment                 Merchandise inventory

Accumulated depreciation – building                      Note payable, noninterest-bearing,

Accumulated depreciation – vehicle                             due in 5 years

Administrative expenses                                           Note payable, due in 120 days

Allowance for uncollectible accounts                       Paid-in-capital in excess of par value

Building                                                                      Prepaid insurance

Cash and equivalents                                               Retained earnings

Common stock                                                           Sales

Cost of goods sold                                                     Sales discounts

Delivery vehicle                                                          Sales returns and allowances

Discount on note payable                                         Selling expenses

Dividends payable                                                     Supplies

Equipment                                                                 Investment in Treasury Bills (short-term)

Income tax expense                                                   Trademark

 

4.Determine the accounts that will appear in the current liability section of the balance sheet and the order in which they should be listed.

5.Determine the accounts that will appear in the long-term liability section of the balance sheet and the order in which they will be listed.

6.Determine the accounts that will appear in the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet and the order in which they should be listed.

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