Chapter 1, Problem 1.8EYCT

Mr. A started his own business.   As it is a very small business with little investment and very less transactions, he does not want to hire any employees to record the transactions happening in the business. As he is not from an Accounting background, he finds it very difficult to understand how to classify the transactions and record. Some transactions are given to you to help him classify transactions category under A) Current Assets B) Current Liabilities C) Long term liabilities D) Long term Assets E) Contingent Liability. You are also required to guide him how you have classified a particular transaction by giving suitable reasons in the books of both the parties. Suppose Mr. A has purchased goods for using it in manufacturing from Mr. B on credit for RO 5000. A’s company borrowed money from Bank Muscat promising to repay it after 2 years. A Promised to deliver the goods to Mr. Z on June 1st Mr. Z paid the cash of RO.           2,500 before the goods were delivered to him.…

Mr. Q started his own business.   As it is a very small business with little investment and very less transactions, he does not want to hire any employees to record the transactions happening in the business. As he is not from an Accounting background, he finds it very difficult to understand how to classify the transactions and record. Some transactions are given to you to help him classify transactions category under A) Current Assets B) Current Liabilities C) Long term liabilities D) Long term Assets E) Contingent Liability. You are also required to guide him how you have classified a particular transaction by giving suitable reasons in the books of both the parties. i) Suppose Mr. A has purchased goods for using it in manufacturing from Mr. B on credit for  RO 10,000. ii) Q’s company borrowed money from Bank Muscat promising to repay it after 2 years. iii)  A Promised to deliver the goods to Mr.Z on July 1st 2020. Mr. Z paid the cash of RO. 2800  before the goods were delivered to…

Colleen Fernandez, president of Rhino Enterprises, applied for a $175,000 loan from First Federal Bank. The bank requested financial statements from Rhino Enterprises as a basis for granting the loan. Colleen has told her accountant to provide the bank with a balance sheet. Colleen has decided to omit the other financial statements because there was a net loss during the past year. Given this scenario, share your thoughts on the following questions. Is Colleen behaving in a professional manner by omitting some of the financial statements?  Why or Why not What impact could this omission have on the business or the bank, which is loaning the money?

Mabel, an accountant, discovers that an analyzed transaction has not been entered in to the books.mnat what step in the accounting cycle is she most likely to make the discovery

Henry Josstick has just started his first accounting course and has prepared the following balance sheet and income statement for Omega Corp. Unfortunately, although the data for the individual items are correct, he is very confused as to whether an item should go in the balance sheet or income statement and whether it is an asset or liability.   a.Prepare the balance sheet and income statement by rearranging the above items. b.In the process of constructing the balance sheet, please show me the total current assets, total assets, total current liabilities, and total liabilities. c.In the process of constructing the income statement, please calculate the gross profit, operating profit (EBIT),taxable income and net profit.

Assume you are employed as the chief financial officer of a corporation and are responsible for preparation of the financial statements, including the adjusting process and preparation of the adjusted trial balance. The company is facing a slow year, and after your adjusting entries, the financial statements are accurately reflecting that fact. However, as you are discussing the matter with your boss, the chief executive officer (CEO), he suggests that you have the power to make further adjustments to the statements, and that you should use that power to adjust the profits and equity into a stronger position, so that investor confidence in the companys prospects will be restored. Write a short memo to the CEO, stating your intentions about what you can and/or will do to make the financial statements more appealing. Be specific about any planned adjustments that could be made, assuming that normal period-end adjustments have already been reflected accurately in the financial statements that you prepared.

Colleen Fernandez, president of Rhino Enterprises, applied for a $175,000 loan from First Federal Bank. The bank requested financial statements from Rhino Enterprises as a basis for granting the loan. Coleen has told her accountant to provide the bank with just the balance sheet. Colleen has decided to omit the other financial statements because there was a net loss during the past year. The accountant, Jim Long, only sent over the balance sheet to First Federal Bank Did Jim act ethically or unethically? Why?

Preparing financial statements The bookkeeper of Juniper landscaping prepared the company’s balance sheet while the accountant was ill. The balance sheet, shown on the next page, contains numerous errors. In particular, the bookkeeper knew that the balance sheet should balance, so he plugged in the retained earnings amount needed to achieve this balance. The retained earnings is incorrect All other amounts are correct, but some are out of place or should not be included on this statement. Prepare a corrected balance sheet.

Zach Allen is the accountant for a large retail company. It is now the end of the accounting period and time to prepare financial statements. Zach has requested that the company's sales manager give him an estimate of uncollectible credit sales for the period. Zach says that he needs this information so that he can record bad debt expense. The sales manager tells Zach to "not worry about it. You can just record the expense as the accounts become uncollectible." Comment on this situation and who you think is right. Do you see any problem with the "wait and record approach"?