Verifed Ace the Test
Cash - ANSWER ✔✔Money that is FREE and CLEAR and available
to be spend in current operations.
Not Cash: - ANSWER ✔✔Security deposits & bond sinking funds
Three-Month Rule - ANSWER ✔✔Highly liquid securities with
ORIGINAL maturity dates of three months or less are treated as cash.
Bad Debts - Direct Write-Off Method - ANSWER ✔✔- No entry for
bad debts until customer actually defaults.
- At default, the cutomer's account is written off.
- Theoretically weak, matching issue
- Only allowed if bad debt expense is immaterial
,Bad Debts - Allowance Method - ANSWER ✔✔Income Statement
Approach
Balance Sheet Approach
Income Statement Approach - ANSWER ✔✔- Matching Concept
- Estimate of bad debt expense is based on the income statement
- Allowance account balance has no bearing on the amount of
adjustment
Balance sheet reporting: - ANSWER ✔✔Accounts Receivable
Less: Allowance for bad debts
= Net realizable value of A/R
Balance Sheet Approach - ANSWER ✔✔- Estimate of bad debt
expense is based on the balance sheet
- Period sales have no bearing on the amount of adjustment
Written-off account later collected - ANSWER ✔✔Reverse write-off
entry. Collect as usual.
Assigning Accounts Receivable - ANSWER ✔✔- Assignment of A/R
normally is done with recourse
- Assignment usually is done without notification to customers
, Factoring Accounts Receivable - ANSWER ✔✔- With or without
recourse.
Pledging A/R - ANSWER ✔✔- Use receivables as security for a loan
- Requires footnote disclosure
Noninterest-Bearing Notes - ANSWER ✔✔APB 21 requires interest
to be inputed
- When a note is made under customary trade terms and is due in less
than one year, there is no requirement to impute interest to that note.
Investments - ANSWER ✔✔- Held-to-Maturity
- Trading Securities
- Available-for-Sale Securities
Held-to-Maturity Securities - ANSWER ✔✔- Debt securities only
- Mgt has both intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity
- Classified on BS based on maturity date
- Carry on balance sheet at amortized cost
Trading Securities - ANSWER ✔✔- Equity or Debt securities held
primarily for sale in the near term
- Classified on BS as current
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