(a)
Introduction:
The company issues notes payable to the lender as a promise to pay the principal amount along with the stated interest on specified date.
To record:
(b)
Introduction:
The company issues notes payable to the lender as a promise to pay the principal amount along with the stated interest on specified date.
To record:
(c)
Introduction:
The company issues notes payable to the lender as a promise to pay the principal amount along with the stated interest on specified date.
To record:
Journal entry on 1st February 2021.
(d)
Introduction:
The company issues notes payable to the lender as a promise to pay the principal amount along with the stated interest on specified date.
To record:
Journal entry on 1st September 2021.
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- Receivables Issues Magrath Company has an operating cycle of less than one year and provides credit terms for all of its customers. On April 3, 2019, the company factored, without recourse, some of its accounts receivable. Magrath does not normally factor its receivables. On August 1, 2019, Magrath sold special order merchandise and received an interest-bearing note due April 30, 2020. Magrath uses the allowance method to account for uncollectible accounts. During 2019, some accounts were written off as uncollectible, and other accounts previously written off as uncollectible were collected. Required: 1. Explain how Magrath should account for and report the accounts receivable factored on April 3, 2019. Why is this accounting treatment appropriate? 2. Explain how Magrath should report the effects of the interest-bearing note on its income statement for the year ended December 31, 2019, and its December 31, 2019, balance sheet. 3. Explain how Magrath should account for the collection of the accounts previously written off as uncollectible. 4. What are the two basic approaches to estimating uncollectible accounts under the allowance method? What is the rationale for each approach?arrow_forwardNon-Interest-Bearing Notes Payable On November 16, 2019, Clear Glass Company borrowed 20,000 from First American Bank by issuing a 90-day, non-interest-bearing note. The bank discounted this note at 12% and remitted the difference to Clear Glass. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entries of Clear Glass to record the preceding information, the related calendar year-end adjusting entry, and payment of the note at maturity. 2. Show how the preceding items Would be reported on the December 31, 2019, balance sheet. 3. Next Level What is Clear Glass Companys effective interest rate?arrow_forwardRecording Various Liabilities Plymouth Electronics had the following transactions that produced liabilities during 2020: a. Purchased merchandise on credit for $80,000. ( Note: Assume a periodic inventory system.) Year-end wages of $40,000 were incurred, but not paid. Related federal income taxes of $13,000 and Medicare taxes of $580 were withheld. Employee wages are all above the Social Security maximum, so only Medicare was paid. b. Year-end estimated income taxes payable, but unpaid, for the year were $113,615. c. Sold merchandise on account for $3,636, including state sales taxes of $180. ( Note: Assume a periodic inventory system.) d. Employers share of Medicare taxes for the period was $580. The taxes will be paid at a later date. e. Borrowed cash under a 180-day, 8%, $155,000 note. Required: Prepare the entry to record each of these transactions (treat each transaction independently).arrow_forward
- Spath Company borrows 75,000 by issuing a 4-year, noninterest-bearing note to a customer on January 1, 2019. In addition, Spath agrees to sell inventory to the customer at reduced prices over a 5-year period. Spaths incremental borrowing rate is 12%. The customer agrees to purchase an equal amount of inventory each year over the 5-year period so that a straight-line method of revenue recognition is appropriate. Required: Prepare the journal entries on Spaths books for 2019 and 2020. (Round answers to 2 decimal places.)arrow_forwardNote Payable and Accrued Interest Fairbome Company borrowed $60,000 on an 8%, interest-bearing note on October 1, 2019. Fairborne ends its fiscal year on December 31. The note was paid with interest on May 1, 2020. Required: 1. Prepare the entry for this note on October 1, 2019. 2. Prepare the adjusting entry for this note on December 31, 2019. 3. Indicate how the note and the accrued interest would appear in the balance sheet at December 31, 2019. 4. Prepare the entry to record the repayment of the note on May 1, 2020.arrow_forwardSerene Company purchases fountains for its inventory from Kirkland Inc. The following transactions take place during the current year. A. On July 3, the company purchases thirty fountains for $1,200 per fountain, on credit. Terms of the purchase are 2/10, n/30, invoice dated July 3. B. On August 3, Serene does not pay the amount due and renegotiates with Kirkland. Kirkland agrees to convert the debt owed into a short-term note, with an 8% annual interest rate, payable in two months from August 3. C. On October 3, Serene Company pays its account in full. Record the journal entries to recognize the initial purchase, the conversion, and the payment.arrow_forward
- Resin Milling issued a $390,500 note on January 1, 2018 to a customer in exchange for merchandise. The merchandise had a cost to Resin Milling of $170,000. The terms of the note are 24-month maturity date on December 31, 2019 at a 5% annual interest rate. The customer does not pay on its account and dishonors the note. Record the journal entries for Resin Milling for the following transactions. A. Initial sale on January 1, 2018 B. Dishonored note entry on January 1, 2020, assuming interest has not been recognized before note maturityarrow_forwardNotes Receivable and Income On January 1, 2019, Pitt Company sold a patent to Chatham Inc. which had a carrying value on Pitts books of 10,000. Chatham gave Pitt a 60,000, non-interest-bearing note payable in five equal annual installments of 12,000 with the first payment due and paid on January 1, 2020. There was no established price for the patent, and the note has no ready market value. The prevailing rate of interest for a note of this type at January 1, 2019, is 12%. Required: 1. Prepare a schedule showing the income or loss before income taxes that Pitt should record for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020. Show supporting computations in good form. 2. Next Level If Pitt inadvertently failed to discount the note and instead recorded it at its gross value, what would be the effect on income or loss before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2019?arrow_forwardElement Surfboards issued a $210,800 note on January 1, 2018 to a customer, Leona Marland, in exchange for merchandise. Terms of the note are 9-month maturity date on October 1, 2018 at a 10.2% annual interest rate. Leona Marland does not pay on her account and dishonors the note. On December 2, 2018, Element Surfboards decides to sell the dishonored note to a collection agency for 30% of its value. Record the journal entries for Element Surfboards for the following transactions. A. Initial sale on January 1, 2018 B. Dishonored note entry on October 1, 2018 C. Receivable sale on December 2, 2018arrow_forward
- Allowance for Bad Accounts Installment Jewelry Company has been in business for 5 years but has never had its financial statements audited. Engaged to audit them for 2019, you find that the companys balance sheet carries no allowance for bad accounts. Bad accounts have been expensed as written-off and recoveries credited to income as collected. The companys policy is to write off at December 31 of each year those accounts on which no collections have been received for three months. The installment contracts generally are for 2 years. On your recommendation, the company agrees to revise its accounts for 2019 to give effect to bad account treatment on the allowance basis. The allowance is to be based on a percentage of credit sales that is derived from the experience of prior years. Statistics for the past 5 years are shown in the following table: Required: Prepare the adjusting journal entry or entries with appropriate explanations to set up the Allowance for Bad Accounts. (Support each item with organized computations; income tax implications should be ignored.)arrow_forwardEstimation versus Direct Write-Off of Bad Debts Blunt Company makes credit sales of 21,000 during the month of February 2019. During 2019, collections are received on February sales of 20,400, accounts representing 600 of these sales are written off as uncollectible, and a 100 account previously written off is collected. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entries necessary to record the preceding information if (a) had debts are estimated as 3% of credit sales at the time of sale and (b) the bad debts are recorded as they actually occur. 2. Next Level Which methodrecording bad debts at the time of sale or when they actually occuris preferred? Why?arrow_forwardRecording Various Liabilities Glenview Hardware had the following transactions that produced liabilities during 2020: a. Purchased merchandise on credit for $30,000. ( Note: Assume a periodic inventory system.) b. Year-end wages of $10,000 were incurred, but not paid. Related federal income taxes of $1,200, Social Security of $620 (employee portion), and Medicare taxes of $145 were with-held from employees. c. Year-end estimated income taxes payable, but unpaid, for the year were $42,850. d. Sold merchandise on account for $1,262, including state sales taxes of S48. ( Note: Assume a periodic inventory system.) e. Employers share of Social Security and Medicare taxes for the period were $620 and $145, respectively. f. Borrowed cash under a 90-day, 9%, $25,000 note. Required: Prepare the entry to record each of these transactions (treat each transaction independently).arrow_forward
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