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Exercise 5-9 (Part Level Submission) The current assets and current liabilities

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Exercise 5-9 (Part Level Submission)

The current assets and current liabilities sections of the balance sheet of Bridgeport Company appear as follows.

BRIDGEPORT COMPANY
BALANCE SHEET (PARTIAL)
DECEMBER 31, 2017

Cash

$ 47,100

Accounts payable

$  65,500

Accounts receivable

$91,200

Notes payable

66,460

    Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts

8,900

82,300

$131,960

Inventory

166,240

Prepaid expenses

9,620

$305,260


The following errors in the corporation’s accounting have been discovered:

1.

January 2018 cash disbursements entered as of December 2017 included payments of accounts payable in the amount of $44,100, on which a cash discount of 2% was taken.

2.

The inventory included $28,320 of merchandise that had been received at December 31 but for which no purchase invoices had been received or entered. Of this amount, $10,950 had been received on consignment; the remainder was purchased f.o.b. destination, terms 2/10, n/30.

3.

Sales for the first four days in January 2018 in the amount of $28,070 were entered in the sales journal as of December 31, 2017. Of these, $23,480 were sales on account and the remainder were cash sales.

4.

Cash, not including cash sales, collected in January 2018 and entered as of December 31, 2017, totaled $34,540. Of this amount, $22,540 was received on account after cash discounts of 2% had been deducted; the remainder represented the proceeds of a bank loan.

Calculate the following adjusted balances.

Cash

Accounts Receivable

Inventory

Accounts Payable

Notes Payable

Exercise 5-9 (Part Level Submission)

The current assets and current liabilities sections of the balance sheet of Bridgeport Company appear as follows.

BRIDGEPORT COMPANY
BALANCE SHEET (PARTIAL)
DECEMBER 31, 2017

Cash

$ 47,100

Accounts payable

$  65,500

Accounts receivable

$91,200

Notes payable

66,460

    Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts

8,900

82,300

Total

$131,960

Inventory

166,240

Prepaid expenses

9,620

Total  

$305,260


The following errors in the corporation’s accounting have been discovered:

1.

January 2018 cash disbursements entered as of December 2017 included payments of accounts payable in the amount of $44,100, on which a cash discount of 2% was taken.

2.

The inventory included $28,320 of merchandise that had been received at December 31 but for which no purchase invoices had been received or entered. Of this amount, $10,950 had been received on consignment; the remainder was purchased f.o.b. destination, terms 2/10, n/30.

3.

Sales for the first four days in January 2018 in the amount of $28,070 were entered in the sales journal as of December 31, 2017. Of these, $23,480 were sales on account and the remainder were cash sales.

4.

Cash, not including cash sales, collected in January 2018 and entered as of December 31, 2017, totaled $34,540. Of this amount, $22,540 was received on account after cash discounts of 2% had been deducted; the remainder represented the proceeds of a bank loan.

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Calculate the following adjusted balances.

Cash

$

Accounts Receivable

$

Inventory

$

Accounts Payable

$

Notes Payable

$

Explanation / Answer

1. Cash $          47,100 Add: Cash Disbursement after discount (44100*98%) $          43,218 Less: Cash sales of january (28070 - 23480) $          (4,590) Less; cash Collected on account $        (22,540) Less: Bank Loan Proceeds (34540 - 22540) $        (12,000) Adjusted Cash Balance $          51,188 2.Account Receivable $          91,200 Add: Amount reduced from January Collection (22540*.98) $          22,089 Less: Account Receivables of januray $        (23,840) Adjusted Account receivable Balance $          89,449 3.Inventory $        166,240 Less: Inventory received on consignment $        (10,950) Adjusted Inventory Balance $        155,290 4.Accounts Payable $          65,500 Add: cash Disbursements $          44,100 Add: Omitted Purchase Invoice (28320 - 10950) $          17,370 Adjusted Account Payable Balance $        126,970 5.Notes Payable $          66,460 Less: Proceeds of Bank Loan (34540 - 22540) $        (12,000) Adjusted Notes Payable Balance $          54,460