Connect Access Card for Financial Accounting
Connect Access Card for Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259738678
Author: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Frank Hodge Ch
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.4CP

Using Financial Reports: Identifying and Correcting Deficiencies in an Income Statement and Balance Sheet

Performance Corporation was organized on January 1, 2015. At the end of 2015, the company had not yet completed an accountant: however, an employee who was “good with numbers” prepared the following statements at that date:

PERFORMANCE CORPORATION December 31,2015
Income from sales of merchandise $180,000
Total amount paid for goods sold during 2015 (90,000)
Selling costs (25,000)
Depreciation (on service vehicles used) (12,000)
Income from services rendered 52,000
Salaries and wages paid (62,000)
PERFORMANCE CORPORATION December 31,2015
Resources
Cash $32,000
Merchandise inventory (held for resale) 42,000
Service vehicles 50,000
Retained earnings (profit earned in 2015) 32,250
Grand total $156,250
Debts
Payables to suppliers $ 17,750
Note owed to bank 25,000
Due from customers 13,000
Total $55,750
Supplies on hand (to be used in rendering services) $15,000
Accumulated depreciation* (on service vehicles) 12,000
Common stock, 6,500 shares 65,000
Total 92,000
Grand total $147,750
*This represents the portion of the service vehicles that has been used up to date.

Required:

  1. 1. List all deficiencies that you can identify in these statements. Give a brief explanation of each one.
  2. 2. Prepare a proper income statement (correct net income is $32,250 and income tax expense $10,750) and balance sheet (correct total assets are $140,000).
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Chapter 1 Solutions

Connect Access Card for Financial Accounting

Ch. 1 - Prob. 11QCh. 1 - Explain the equation for the income statement....Ch. 1 - Explain the equation for the balance sheet. Define...Ch. 1 - Explain the equation for the statement of cash...Ch. 1 - Explain the equation for retained earnings....Ch. 1 - The financial statements discussed in this chapter...Ch. 1 - Prob. 17QCh. 1 - Prob. 18QCh. 1 - (Supplement A) Briefly differentiate between a...Ch. 1 - Prob. 20QCh. 1 - Which of the following is not one of the four...Ch. 1 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 1 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 1 - Which of the following regarding retained earnings...Ch. 1 - Which of the following is not one of the four...Ch. 1 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 1 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 1 - Which of the following is true regarding the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 1 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 1 - Matching Elements with Financial Statements M1-1...Ch. 1 - Matching Financial Statement Items to Financial...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.3MECh. 1 - Prob. 1.1ECh. 1 - Matching Financial Statement Items to Financial...Ch. 1 - Matching Financial Statement Items to Financial...Ch. 1 - Preparing a Balance Sheet Honda Motor Corporation...Ch. 1 - Completing a Balance Sheet and Inferring Net...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.6ECh. 1 - Preparing an Income Statement and Inferring...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.8ECh. 1 - Inferring Values Using the Income Statement and...Ch. 1 - Inferring Values Using the Income Statement and...Ch. 1 - Preparing an Income Statement and Balance Sheet...Ch. 1 - Preparing an Income Statement and Balance Sheet...Ch. 1 - Preparing a Statement of Stockholders Equity...Ch. 1 - Focus on Cash Flows: Matching Cash Flow Statement...Ch. 1 - Preparing an Income Statement, Statement of...Ch. 1 - Analyzing a Student's Business and Preparing an...Ch. 1 - Comparing Income with Cash Flow (Challenging)...Ch. 1 - Evaluating Data to Support a Loan Application...Ch. 1 - Preparing an Income Statement, Statement of...Ch. 1 - Analyzing a Students Business and Preparing an...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.3APCh. 1 - Prob. 1.1CONCh. 1 - Finding Financial Information LO1-1 Refer to the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.2CPCh. 1 - Comparing Companies within an Industry Refer to...Ch. 1 - Using Financial Reports: Identifying and...Ch. 1 - Prob. 1.5CPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.6CPCh. 1 - Prob. 1.7CP
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