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  • May 3, 2009, 09:21 AM
    mommomsunrise
    Cannot balance the balance sheet from trial balance
    I tried to attach the trial balance information.






    ASSETS
    Current assets
    Cash 197,000
    Accounts Receivable 435,000
    Less: allowance for doubtful accounts 25,000 410,000
    Trading securities (at cost, $145,000) 153,000
    Inventories 597,000
    Total current assets 1,357,000
    Long- term investments
    Bonds 299,000
    Stocks 277,000
    Total long-term investments 576,000
    Property, plant, and equipment
    Building 1,040,000
    Less: accumulated depreciation 152,000
    888,000
    Equipment 600,000
    Less: accumulated depreciation 60,000
    540,000
    Land 260,000
    Total property, plant and equipment 1,688,000

    Intangible assets
    Patent 195,000
    Franchise 160,000
    Total intangible assets 355,000
    Total assets 3,976,000

    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    Current liabilities
    Short-term notes payable 90,000
    Accounts Payable 455,000
    Bonds payable 1,000,000
    Dividends payable 136,000
    Accrued liabilities 96,000
    Total current liabilities 1,777,000

    Long-term liabilities
    Long-term notes payable 900,000

    Stockholders' equity
    Common stock, $5.00 par 1,000,000
    Less: treasurey stock 191,000 809,000
    Additional paid-in capital 80,000
    Retained earnings 78,000
    Total stockholders' equity 967,000
    Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 3,644,000
  • May 3, 2009, 05:54 PM
    plonak

    I looked through the trial balance and I noticed that the common stock and bonds are in the assets section. They are not assets they are equity accounts with a credit balance. Do you think maybe that's part of the question.. you have to figure out why it's not balancing?

    Learning that common stock is not an asset is very basic and should have been learned early on in accounting. Maybe you need to go back to the basics of accounting and do some more practice with debits and credits
  • May 4, 2009, 01:35 AM
    morgaine300

    Momomsunrise - there isn't any way to know why you don't balance without having the original information. We can tell if certain things are wrong with what you did, but as a general rule, we aren't going to know everything because we don't know if you missed something, copied a number wrong, etc. without seeing the original info.

    What I can tell you (which won't change your totals):
    One, bonds payable is long-term unless it's due within the next year. If you don't have any info stating otherwise, then assume it's long-term.
    You should include a "total liabilities" and add the current and long-term together.
    Were you taught to subtract treasury stock straight from the common stock account? I've never seen that, and it's usually subtracted very last thing, underneath the retained earnings.

    But none of that stuff has anything to do with you being out of balance.

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