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Ethical Issue
Case Summary: Company G has borrowed $100,000 from a bank for expansion. The bank has put a condition that Company G should maintain a
To Journalize: The revenue transaction, and indicate how this will affect the current ratio.
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To Discuss: If it is ethical to record the revenue transaction in December, and identify the accounting principle being violated by this.
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- Mohammed LLC is a growing consulting firm. The following transactions take place during the current year. A. On June 10, Mohammed borrows $270,000 from a bank to cover the initial cost of expansion. Terms of the loan are payment due in four months from June 10, and annual interest rate of 5%. B. On July 9, Mohammed borrows an additional $100,000 with payment due in four months from July 9, and an annual interest rate of 12%. C. Mohammed pays their accounts in full on October 10 for the June 10 loan, and on November 9 for the July 9 loan. Record the journal entries to recognize the initial borrowings, and the two payments for Mohammed.arrow_forwardMcMasters Inc. specializes in BBQ accessories. In order for the company to expand its business, they take out a long-term loan in the amount of $800,000. Assume that any loans are created on January 1. The terms of the loan include a periodic payment plan, where interest payments are accumulated each year but are only computed against the outstanding principal balance during that current period. The annual interest rate is 9%. Each year on December 31, the company pays down the principal balance by $50,000. This payment is considered part of the outstanding principal balance when computing the interest accumulation that also occurs on December 31 of that year. A. Determine the outstanding principal balance on December 31 of the first year that is computed for interest. B. Compute the interest accrued on December 31 of the first year. C. Make a journal entry to record interest accumulated during the first year, but not paid as of December 31 of that first year.arrow_forwardAggressive Corporation approaches Matt Taylor, a loan officer for Oklahoma State Bank, seeking to increase the company's borrowings with the bank from $100,000 to $150,000. Matt has an uneasy feeling as he examines the loan application from Aggressive Corporation, which just completed its first year of operations. The application included the following financial statements. The income statement submitted with the application shows a net income of $30,000 in the first year of operations. Referring to the balance sheet, this net income represents a more-than-acceptable 15% rate of return on assets of $200,000. Matt's concern stems from his recollection that the $100,000 note payable reported on the balance sheet is a three-year loan from his bank, approved earlier this year. He recalls another promising new company that, just recently, defaulted on its loan due to its inability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet its loan obligations. Seeing Matt's hesitation, Larry Bling, the CEO…arrow_forward
- Aggressive Corporation approaches Matt Taylor, a loan officer for Oklahoma State Bank, seeking toincrease the company's borrowings with the bank from $100,000 to $150,000. Matt has an uneasyfeeling as he examines the loan application from Aggressive Corporation, which just completed itsfirst year of operations. The application included the following financial statements The income statement submitted with the application shows a net income of $30,000 in the first yearof operations. Referring to the balance sheet, this net income represents a more-than-acceptable15% rate of return on assets of $200,000.Matt's concern stems from his recollection that the $100,000 note payable reported on the balancesheet is a three-year loan from his bank, approved earlier this year. He recalls another promising newcompany that, just recently, defaulted on its loan due to its inability to generate sufficient cash flowsto meet its loan obligations.Seeing Matt's hesitation, Larry Bling, the CEO of…arrow_forwardThe president of the retailer Prime Products has just approached the company’s bank with a request for a$30,000, 90-day loan. The purpose of the loan is to assist the company in acquiring inventories. Becausethe company has had some difficulty in paying off its loans in the past, the loan officer has asked for a cashbudget to help determine whether the loan should be made. The following data are available for the monthsApril through June, during which the loan will be used:a. On April 1, the start of the loan period, the cash balance will be $24,000. Accounts receivable onApril 1 will total $140,000, of which $120,000 will be collected during April and $16,000 will becollected during May. The remainder will be uncollectible.b. Past experience shows that 30% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale, 60% in themonth following sale, and 8% in the second month following sale. The other 2% represents bad debtsthat are never collected. Budgeted sales and expenses for the…arrow_forwardColleen 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 decided to omit the other financial statements because there was a net loss during the past year. Is Colleen behaving in a professional manner by omitting some of the financial statements? Justify your answer. What types of information about their businesses would owners be willing to provide bankers? What types of information would owners not willing to provide? What types of information about a business would bankers want before extending the loan? What common interests are shared by bankers and business owners?arrow_forward
- Flo Choi owns a small business and manages its accounting. Her company just finished a year in which a large amount of borrowed funds was invested in a new building addition as well as in equipment and fixture additions. Choi’s banker requires her to submit semiannual financial statements so he can monitor the financial health of her business. He has warned her that if profit margins erode, he might raise the interest rate on the borrowed funds to reflect the increased loan risk from the bank’s point of view. Choi knows profit margin is likely to decline this year. As she prepares year-end adjusting entries, she decides to apply the following depreciation rule: All asset additions are considered to be in use on the first day of the following month. (The previous rule assumed assets are in use on the first day of the month nearest to the purchase date.) Required 1. Identify decisions that managers like Choi must make in applying depreciation methods. 2. Is Choi’s rule an ethical…arrow_forwardFlo Choi owns a small business and manages its accounting. Her company just finished a year in which a large amount of borrowed funds was invested in a new building addition as well as in equipment and fixture additions. Choi’s banker requires her to submit semiannual financial statements so he can monitor the financial health of her business. He has warned her that if profit margins erode, he might raise the interest rate on the borrowed funds to reflect the increased loan risk from the bank’s point of view. Choi knows profit margin is likely to decline this year. As she prepares year-end adjusting entries, she decides to apply the following depreciation rule: All asset additions are considered to be in use on the first day of the following quarter. (The previous rule assumed assets are in use on the first day of the month nearest to the purchase date.) Discuss the following: Identify decisions that managers like Choi must make in applying depreciation methods. Is Choi’s rule an…arrow_forwardThe following situation applies to ABC Co. The company’s Financial Department asks Barclays bank a $80,000 loan to be made on April 1 and repaid on June 30 with an annual interest of 12%. The owner plans to increase the store’s inventory by $60,000 in April and needs the loan to pay for inventory acquisitions. The bank’s loan officer needs more information about the company's ability to repay the loan and asks the owner to forecast the store’s June 30 cash position. On April 1, Company is expected to have a $3,000 cash balance, $135,000 of accounts receivable, and $100,000 of accounts payable. Its budgeted sales, merchandise purchases, and various cash payments for the next three months follow (attached) The budgeted April merchandise purchases include the inventory increase. All sales are on account. The company predicts that 25% of credit sales is collected in the month of the sale, 45% in the month following the sale, 20% in the second month, 9% in the third, and the remainder is…arrow_forward
- Daryl Kirby opened Squid Realty Co. on January 1, 2018. At the end of the first year, the business needed additional capital. On behalf of Squid Realty Co., Daryl applied to Ocean National Bank for a loan of $375,000. Based on Squid Realty Co.’s financial statements, which had been prepared on a cash basis, the Ocean National Bank loan officer rejected the loan as too risky.After receiving the rejection notice, Daryl instructed his accountant to prepare the financial statements on an accrual basis. These statements included $65,000 in accounts receivable and $25,000 in accounts payable. Daryl then instructed his accountant to record an additional $30,000 of accounts receivable for commissions on property for which acontract had been signed on December 28, 2018. The title to the property is to transfer on January 5, 2019, when an attorney formally records the transfer of the property to the buyer.Daryl then applied for a $375,000 loan from Free Spirit Bank, using the revised financial…arrow_forwardRead the instructions below and see the attached balance sheet of moon and star cooperation to support your answer. Moon Corporation and Star Corporation are in the same line of business and both were recently organized, so it may be assumed that the recorded costs for assets are close to current market values. The balance sheets for the two companies are as follows at July 31, 2011: Instructions a. Assume that you are a banker and that each company has applied to you for a 90-day loan of $12,000. Which would you consider to be the more favorable prospect? Explain your answer fully. b. Assume that you are an investor considering purchasing all the capital stock of one or both of the companies. For which business would you be willing to pay the higher price? Do you see any indication of a financial crisis that you might face shortly after buying either company? Explain your answer fully. (For either decision, additional information would be useful, but you are to reach your decision on…arrow_forwardRead each scenario, decide whether the company is using Cash basis or Accrual basis, and then enter your answer to the question. The Johnny Flowers Law Firm prepays for advertising in the local newspaper. On January 1, the law firm paid $550 for six months of advertising. Johnny Flowers Law Firm recorded $550 in the Prepaid Advertising account. If Johnny Flowers Law Firm had recorded their expenses using the other method, how much advertising expense would they have recorded for the two months ending February 28? Enter this value as a positive number. Safe Home provides house-sitting for people while they are away on vacation. Some of its customers pay immediately after the job is finished. Some customers ask that the business send them a bill. As of the end of the year, Safe Home has collected $1,130 from cash-paying customers. Safe Home's remaining customers owe the business $320. Safe Home recorded $1,130 of service revenue for the year.arrow_forward
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