Horngren's Accounting (12th Edition)
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Author: Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Brenda L. Mattison, Ella Mae Matsumura
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Chapter 16, Problem 16.1EI
Ethical Issue 16-1
Moss Exports is having a bad year. Net income is only $60,000. Also, two important overseas customers are falling behind in their payments to Moss, and Moss's
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- Using only the amounts given, compute net cash provided by operations, both without and with the reclassification of the receivables. Which reporting makes Moss look better?
- Under what condition would the reclassification of the receivables be ethical? Unethical?
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Letni Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of semiconductor chips for the computing and communications industries. During the past year, operating revenues remained relatively flat compared to the prior year but management notices a big increase in accounts receivable. The increase in receivables is largely due to the recent economic slowdown in the computing and telecommunications industries. Many of the company’s customers are having financial difficulty, lengthening the period of time it takes to collect on accounts. Below are year-end amounts.
Age Group
OperatingRevenue
AccountsReceivable
AverageAge
AccountsWritten Off
Two years ago
$1,160,000
$136,000
5
days
$0
Last year
1,460,000
146,000
7
days
1,000
Current year
1,560,000
316,000
40
days
0
Paul, the CEO of Letni, notices that accounts written off over the past three years have been minimal and, therefore, suggests that no allowance for…
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Horngren's Accounting (12th Edition)
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