Financial Accounting
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780133791129
Author: Jane L. Reimers
Publisher: Pearson Higher Ed
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Chapter 4, Problem 3FSA
The following information has been adapted from the annual financial statements of General Mills, Inc.
- 1. What are the total amounts of
accounts receivable for the two years given before considering the possible uncollectible accounts? That is, what are gross accounts receivable? - 2. Do you think the company has a significant amount of
bad debts ? Why or why not? - 3. Shortly after the financial statements were released, the company was notified that a major customer, who owes the company over a million dollars, had filed for bankruptcy. If the company had received that information before the financial statements were released, and recorded it, how would it have changed the financial statements for the period? Explain.
- 4. Calculate the accounts receivable turnover ratio for 2008 and 2007. (Net accounts receivable at the end of fiscal 2006 was $912 million.) Also, calculate the number of days it takes, on average, to collect an account receivable. Explain this information to the company’s management.
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Dickinson follows the policy of debiting Bad Debt Expense as accounts are written off. The chief accountant maintains that this procedure is appropriate for financial statement purposes because the Internal Revenue Service will not accept other methods for recognizing bad debts.
All of Dickinson’s sales are on a 30-day credit basis. Sales for the current year total $2,200,000. The balance in Accounts Receivable at year-end is $77,000 and an analysis of customer risk and charge-off experience indicates that 12% of receivables will be uncollectible (assume a zero balance in the allowance).
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The chief accountant for Bramble Corporation provides you with the following list of accounts receivable written off in the current
year.
Date
March 31
June 30
September 30
December 31
Customer
E. L. Masters Company
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procedure is appropriate for financial statement purposes because the Internal Revenue Service will not accept other methods for
recognizing bad debts.
All of Bramble's sales are on a 30-day credit basis. Sales for the current year total $2,200,000. The balance in Accounts Receivable at
year-end is $81,100 and an analysis of customer risk and charge-off experience indicates that 12% of receivables will be uncollectible
(assume a zero balance in the allowance).
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