What is the adjusted cash balance? What is the adjusted inventory? What is the adjusted net realizable value of accounts receivable? What total amount should be reported as current assets on December 31, 2019?
Reporting Cash Flows
Reporting of cash flows means a statement of cash flow which is a financial statement. A cash flow statement is prepared by gathering all the data regarding inflows and outflows of a company. The cash flow statement includes cash inflows and outflows from various activities such as operating, financing, and investment. Reporting this statement is important because it is the main financial statement of the company.
Balance Sheet
A balance sheet is an integral part of the set of financial statements of an organization that reports the assets, liabilities, equity (shareholding) capital, other short and long-term debts, along with other related items. A balance sheet is one of the most critical measures of the financial performance and position of the company, and as the name suggests, the statement must balance the assets against the liabilities and equity. The assets are what the company owns, and the liabilities represent what the company owes. Equity represents the amount invested in the business, either by the promoters of the company or by external shareholders. The total assets must match total liabilities plus equity.
Financial Statements
Financial statements are written records of an organization which provide a true and real picture of business activities. It shows the financial position and the operating performance of the company. It is prepared at the end of every financial cycle. It includes three main components that are balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.
Owner's Capital
Before we begin to understand what Owner’s capital is and what Equity financing is to an organization, it is important to understand some basic accounting terminologies. A double-entry bookkeeping system Normal account balances are those which are expected to have either a debit balance or a credit balance, depending on the nature of the account. An asset account will have a debit balance as normal balance because an asset is a debit account. Similarly, a liability account will have the normal balance as a credit balance because it is amount owed, representing a credit account. Equity is also said to have a credit balance as its normal balance. However, sometimes the normal balances may be reversed, often due to incorrect journal or posting entries or other accounting/ clerical errors.
8) ABC Company revealed the following information on December 31, 2019:
Cash 3,700,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts (200,000)
Inventory 2,000,000
Prepaid insurance 300,000
Total current assets 7,400,000
Analysis of cash:
Cash in bank 1,300,000
Bank overdraft in another bank (300,000)
Cash set aside for plant addition 2,000,000
Petty cash fund 10,000
Cash withheld from wages 190,000
General cash 500,000
Total cash 3,700,000
The accounts receivable included a past due account in the amount of P100,000. The account is deemed uncollectible and should be written off. The inventory included goods held on consignment amounting to P150,000 and goods of P200,000 purchased and received on December 31, 2019. Neither of these items have been recorded as a purchase. The prepaid insurance included a cash surrender value insurance of P50,000.
- What is the adjusted cash balance?
- What is the adjusted inventory?
- What is the adjusted net realizable value of accounts receivable?
- What total amount should be reported as current assets on December 31, 2019?
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