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  • Feb 17, 2010, 06:54 PM
    bella20
    balance sheet preparation
    Accounts payable 125,000
    Accounts receivable 223,000
    Accumulated depreciation - buildings 150,000
    Accumulated depreciation - machinery 80,000
    Allowance for uncollectible accounts 15,000
    Bonds payable 500,000
    Buildings 500,000
    Cash 52,000
    Common stock 500,000
    Goodwill 36,000
    Interest payable 40,000
    Inventories 200,000
    Investments 140,000
    Land 100,000
    Machinery 250,000
    Retained earnings 94,000
    Supplies 3,000

    Additional information:
    1. Accounts receivable includes a $50,000 note receivable received from a
    customer that is due in 2011. Also included is interest on the note of $3,000
    that is due in six months.

    2. The land account includes land that cost $20,000 that the company has not
    used and is currently listed for sale.

    3. The investment account includes a $10,000, 3-month certificate of deposit
    due in 40 days. The remaining investments will be sold within the next year.

    4. The bonds payable account consists of the following:
    a $200,000 issue due in six months.
    a $300,000 issue due in six years.

    5 Common stock has $2 par value. The corporation has 300,000
    shares authorized.

    I already know how to set up a balance sheet and all that good stuff I just don't know what to do with this "additional information" If anybody has an idea of how I would go about doing this please let me know
  • Feb 21, 2010, 12:16 AM
    morgaine300

    That information is for further classification for the most part.

    Given the type of information given, it sounds like you are supposed to know things like:
    *What makes something current versus non-current?
    *What accounts should be separated out (e.g. interest receivable)
    *How to classify investments, including those in cash equivalents

    And the last thing is just info used as part of the description on stock. Look at an example and notice how they include things like par and how many shares, etc.

    Since this is the type of thing that is given in the problem, it appears that is what you are supposed to be learning. So you need to look through the info with that in mind and see if you can apply those concepts to it.

    If you need more help, please be more specific so that someone can answer you properly without just doing the work for you.

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