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Question

EXCEL (Current Assets Section of the Balance Sheet) Presented below are selected accounts of Yasunari Kawabata Company at December 31, 2017.

Inventory

\(52,000

 

Cost of goods sold

2,100,000

Unearned service revenue

90,000

 

Note receivable

40,000

Equipment

253,000

 

Account receivable

161,000

Inventory (Work-in-process)

34,000

 

Inventory (raw material)

207,000

Cash

37,000

 

Supplies Expenses

60,000

Debt investment (Short-term)

31,000

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

12,000

Customer advances

36,000

 

License 

18,000

Restricted cash for plant expansion

50,000

 

Additional paid-in-capital

88,000

 

 

 

Treasury stock

22,000

 

The following additional information is available. 

1. Inventories are valued at lower-of-cost or market using LIFO. 

2. Equipment is recorded at cost. Accumulated depreciation, computed on a straight-line basis, is \)50,600. 

3. The short-term investments have a fair value of \(29,000. (Assume they are trading securities.) 

4. The notes receivable are due April 30, 2019, with interest receivable every April 30. The notes bear interest at 6%. (Hint: Accrue interest due on December 31, 2017.) 

5. The allowance for doubtful accounts applies to the accounts receivable. Accounts receivable of \)50,000 are pledged as collateral on a bank loan. 

6. Licenses are recorded net of accumulated amortisation of $14,000. 

7. Treasury stock is recorded at cost.

Instructions 

Prepare the current assets section of Yasunari Kawabata Company’s December 31, 2017, balance sheet, with appropriate disclosures.

Step-by-Step Solution

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Answer

The current assets of the business entity total $509,600.

1Definition of Interest Receivable

The amount of money earned as interest income but not received from the borrower is known as interest receivable. This is stated in the section of current assets.

2Current Asset Section

Particular

Amount $

Amount $

Cash

$87,000

 

Less: Restricted cash for plant expansion

(50,000)

$37,000

 

 

 

Debt investment (Short-term)

 

29,000

Account receivable

161,000

 

Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts

(12,000)

149,000

 

 

 

Interest receivable (6% of $40,000 for 8 months)

 

1,600

Inventories:

 

 

Inventory

52,000

 

Inventory (Work-in-process)

34,000

 

Inventory (raw material)

207,000

293,000

Total current assets

 

$509,600