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Question: Give correcting entries for the following


Give correcting entries for the following situations. In each case, the firm uses the straight-line method of depreciation and closes its books annually on December 31.
a. A firm purchased a computer for $3,000 on January 1, 2011. It depreciated the computer at a rate of 25% of acquisition cost per year. On June 30, 2013, it sold the computer for $800 and acquired a new computer for $4,000. The bookkeeper made the following entry to record the transaction:

Equipment………………………………………………………….3,200
Cash……………………………………………………………………3,200

b. A firm purchased a used truck for $7,000. Its cost, when new, was $12,000. The bookkeeper made the following entry to record the purchase:

Truck………………………………………….12,000
Accumulated depreciation……………5,000
Cash …………………………………………. 7,000

c. A firm purchased a testing mechanism on April 1, 2011, for $1,200. It depreciated the testing mechanism at a 10% annual rate. A burglar stole the testing mechanism on June 30, 2013. The firm had not insured against this theft. The bookkeeper made the following entry:

Theft Loss……………………………………………….1,200
Testing Machine………………………………………1,200


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> Kelly Company acquired $500,000 face value of the outstanding bonds of Steedly Company on January 1, 2013. The bonds pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31 at an annual rate of 7% and mature on December 31, 2015. The bonds were priced on th

> Woodward Corporation purchases a new machine for $50,000 on January 1, 2013. The machine has a four-year estimated service life and an estimated salvage value of zero. After paying the cost of running and maintaining the machine, the firm enjoys a $25,00

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> Prepare journal entries to record each of the following items for Union Cable Company for 2012. Union Cable Company uses a calendar year reporting period. Ignore income tax effects. a. Discovers on January 15, 2012, that it neglected to amortize a patent

> Pownall Company reports the following information for a year: Book Income Before Income Taxes……………………………… $318,000 Income Tax Expense…………………………………………………….. 156,000 Income Taxes Payable for the Year …………………………………. 48,000 Income Tax Rate on Taxable Income

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> Reliance, an automobile manufacturer, reports the following information related to its health care plan for 2013 (amounts in millions of euros). Reliance applies U.S. GAAP. Health Care Plan Assets, Beginning of 2013………………….. € 6,497 Plus Actual Return o

> Tasty Dish Inc., a consumer foods company, reports the following information related to its only pension plan for 2013 (amounts in millions of U.S. dollars). Tasty Dish applies U.S. GAAP. Pension Plan Assets, Beginning of 2013…………………………..………$5,086 Plus

> Air Flight, an aerospace manufacturer, reports the following information related to its only pension plan for 2013 (amounts in millions of U.S. dollars). Air Flight applies U.S. GAAP. Pension Plan Assets, Beginning of 2013 ………………………..$43,484 Plus Actual

> Lorimar Company grows and ages tobacco. On January 2, 2013, the firm has aging tobacco in inventory with a cost of $200,000 and a current market value of $300,000. Lorimar wants to use this tobacco to obtain financing. The firm uses a December 31 year-en

> Cypres Appliance Store has $100,000 of accounts receivable on January 2, 2013. These receivables are due on December 31, 2013. The firm wants to use these accounts receivables to obtain financing. a. Prepare journal entries during 2013 for the transactio

> On January 1, 2013, Baldwin Products, as lessee, leases a machine used in its operations. The annual lease payment of $10,000 is due on December 31 of 2013, 2014, and 2015. The machine reverts to the lessor at the end of the three years. The lessor can e

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> Roth Company has prepared its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013, and for the three months ended March 31, 2014. You will prepare a statement of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Exhibit 16.9 presents the compan

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> Corporation issues $10,000,000 face value, 10-year, 6% semiannual coupon bonds on January 1, 2013. The bonds require coupon payments on June 30 and December 31 of each year. The market initially priced the bonds to yield 6% compounded semiannually. The c

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> On January 1 of the current year, Womack Company issues 10% semiannual coupon bonds maturing five years from the date of issue. The firm issues the bonds to yield 8% compounded semiannually. The bonds have a face value of $100,000. a. Compute the initial

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> Tillis Corporation acquired the assets of Kieran Corporation (Kieran) on January 1, 2011, for $2,400,000. On this date the fair values of the assets of Kieran were as follows: land, $400,000; building, $600,000; equipment, $900,000. On June 15, 2013, a c

> Wildwood Properties owns an apartment building that has a carrying value of $15,000,000 on January 1, 2013. The highway department has decided to construct a new highway near the building, which substantially decreases its attractiveness to tenants. Wild

> Give the journal entries for the following selected transactions of Florida Manufacturing Corporation. The company uses the straight-line method of calculating depreciation and reports on a December 31 year-end. a. The firm purchases a cutting machine on

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> Duck Vehicle Manufacturing Company incurs various costs in developing a new, amphibious vehicle for use in providing tours on land and water. Indicate the accounting treatment for each of the following expenditures. Duck Vehicle applies U.S. GAAP. (

> Bolton Company purchased a plot of land for $90,000 as a factory site. A small office building sits on the plot, conservatively appraised at $20,000. The company plans to use the office building after making some modifications and renovations (item (4) b

> Boslan Group reported having 89.1 million shares outstanding at the end of its most recent fiscal year, ended December 31, 2012. On March 1, 2013, Boslan issued 25.1 million shares of common stock, at a price of $32 per share. On August 1, 2013, Boslan r

> For each of the following expenditures or acquisitions, indicate the type of account debited. Classify the account as (1) asset other than product cost, (2) product cost (Work-in-Process Inventory), or (3) expense. If the account debited is an asset acco

> Outback Steakhouse opened a new restaurant on the site of an existing building. It paid the owner $260,000 for the land and building, of which it attributes $52,000 to the land and $208,000 to the building. Outback incurred legal costs of $12,600 to cond

> On December 31, 2012, Delchamps Group reported a balance in Restructuring Provisions of €50.9 million, of which €12.5 million was expected to be paid in 2013, with the remainder to be settled during 2014–2015. The balance in this account at the start of

> For the fiscal year ended September 30, Sappi Paper Limited, a South African paper company, reported an ending balance in its Restructuring Provision, the balance sheet account, of ZAR16 million (ZAR denotes the South Africa Rand currency). The beginning

> Kingspeed Bikes offers three-year warranties against defects on the sales of its high-end racing bikes. The firm estimates that the total cost of warranty claims over the three-year warranty period on bikes sold will equal 6% of sales revenue. Kingspeed

> Miele Company is a German family-owned appliance business. Assume that Miele provides a two-year warranty on its products and that Miele estimates current year warranty costs to be 4% of sales revenues. At the beginning of last year, Mieleâ€&#

> Hurley Corporation sells household appliances (for example, refrigerators, dishwashers) to customers on account. The firm also provides warranty services on products sold. Hurley estimates that 2% of sales will ultimately become uncollectible and that wa

> During the year ended June 30, McGee Associates’ office employees earned wages of $700,000. McGee withheld 30% of this amount for payments for various income and payroll taxes. In addition, McGee must pay 10% of gross wages for the employer’s share of va

> EKG Company, a manufacturer of medical supplies, began the year with 10,000 units of product that cost $8 each. During the year, it produced another 60,000 units at a cost of $15 each. Sales for the year were expected to total 70,000 units. During Novemb

> Harmon Corporation commenced operations on January 1, 2011. It uses a LIFO cost-flow assumption. Its purchases and sales for the first three years of operations appear next: a. Compute the amount of ending inventory for each of the three years. b. Comp

> Kennett Corporation reported having 214.6 million shares outstanding at the end of its most recent fiscal year, ended December 31, 2012. On April 1, 2013, Kennett issued 36.2 million shares of common stock, at a price of $18 per share. On September 1, 20

> Sun Health Food’s purchases of vitamins during its first year of operations were as follows: The inventory on December 31 was 420 units. Compute the cost of the inventory on December 31 and the cost of goods sold for the year under ea

> Ericsson, a Swedish networks and communications firm, reported a gross value of inventory of SEK25,227 on December 31. It also reported an ending balance in the allowance for impairments of SEK2,752 million. During the year, Ericsson recognized a write-d

> Fun-in-the-Sun Tanning Lotion Company manufactures suntan lotion made from organic materials. During its first year of operations, it purchased raw materials costing $78,200, of which it used $56,300 in manufacturing suntan lotions. It incurred manufactu

> Tesco Plc. is the U.K.’s largest grocery store chain. It applies IFRS and reports its results in millions of pounds sterling (£). For a recent year, Tesco reported at year-end and at the beginning of the year, as follows:

> Target Corporation, a U.S.-based retailer, follows U.S. GAAP and reports its results in millions of U.S. dollars ($). Its balance sheet for the End of Year and Beginning of Year contains the following information: Target’s income stat

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> Trembly Department Store commenced operations on January 1, 2012. It engaged in the following transactions during January. Identify the amount that the firm should include in the valuation of merchandise inventory. a. Purchases of merchandise on account

> Ringgold Winery is a large U.S.-based winery. In 2012 Ringgold spent $2.2 million to acquire grapes (including transportation costs of $200,000). Ringgold incurred processing costs of $50,000 in materials (such as barrels, bottles, and corks), $145,000 i

> Liquid Crystal Display Corporation (LCD), a Korean multinational firm, reported an ending balance for Prepayments of KRW345,609 million for the year ending December 31, 2012. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the ending balance in this account was KR

> A Belgian food distributor reported ending balances in Prepayments of €30.7 million, €25.8 million, and €42.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. Assume that Prepayments pertain to insurance premiums on warehouses

> Calculating earnings per share. The following information pertains to Hatchet Limited for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013: Calculate the missing amounts in the above table: a. Net income, 2012. b. Weighted average number of shares outstandin

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> The balance sheets of Milton Corporation on December 31, 2013 and 2014, showed gross accounts receivable of $15,200,000 and $17,600,000, respectively. The balances in the Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts account at the beginning and end of 2014 were

> During the year ended December 31, 2012, an aircraft manufacturer sold a jet for $72 million; assume that the cost to produce the jet was $57 million. The customer agreed to pay the manufacturer $24 million per year, for three years, with the first payme

> During the year ended December 31, 2013, Cunningham Realty Partners sold a tract of land costing $80,000 for $120,000. The customer agreed to pay the purchase price in four equal annual installments, with the first payment made on December 31, 2013. Comp

> Raytheon has agreed to construct missile detection system for $900 million. Expected and actual costs to construct the system were as follows: 2011, $200 million; 2012, $200 million; and 2013, $300 million. Raytheon completed the system in 2013. Compute

> The Shannon Construction Company agreed to build a warehouse for $6,000,000. Expected and actual costs to construct the warehouse were as follows: 2012, $1,200,000; 2013, $3,000,000; and 2014, $600,000. The firm completed the warehouse in 2014. Compute r

> Hamilia S.A.’s financial records show the following balances in its accounts receivable: Age of Accounts………………………………………………………..Balance Receivable 0–30 Days……………………………………………………………………………..€980,000 31–60 Days ……………………………………………………………………………….130,000 91–150 D

> Suggest reasons why the total assets and total liabilities of a defined benefit pension plan do not appear, but their net amount does appear, on the employer’s balance sheet.

> U.S. GAAP and IFRS require firms to amortize the fair value of stock options as an expense over the periods the firm expects to receive employee services as a result of granting the options. What is the theoretical rationale for this amortization?

> Common shareholders have voting rights, but preferred shareholders have higher seniority. What does the difference in seniority mean?

> Describe the rationale for why an investor using the equity method must recognize its share of Other Comprehensive Income of the investee.

> Describe the rationale for why an investor using the equity method must amortize any excess purchase price attributable to assets with a definite service life.

> Assume the following data from the accounts of Fujitsu Limited for the years ended March 31, 2012, and March 31, 2011. Fujitsu reports its results in millions of yen (Â¥). For purposes of this problem, assume that Fujitsu applies U.S. GAAP or I

> Dividends received or receivable from another company are revenue in calculating net income, a return of investment, or eliminated, depending on the method of accounting the investor uses.” Explain.

> Why must we eliminate intercompany transactions when preparing consolidated financial statements?

> The Investment in Subsidiary account is an asset. Why must an investor eliminate this account when preparing consolidated financial statements with the subsidiary?

> Adopting the fair value option for marketable securities collapses the accounting methods discussed in this chapter to a single accounting method.” Do you agree? Why or why not?

> Intelliant granted stock options to employees on January 1, 2013, permitting them to purchase 24.6 million shares of Intelliant common stock for $22.63 per share. An option-pricing model indicates that the value of each option on this date is $5.79. Inte

> Of what value is information in the tax reconciliation about the reasons for differences between the statutory tax rate and the effective tax rate?

> The principal issue in accounting for income taxes concerns when firms recognize the tax effects of temporary differences between income for book purposes and income for tax purposes.” Explain.

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