The current assets and current liabilities sections of the balance sheet of Allessandro Scarlatti Company appear as follows. Allessandro Scarlatti CompanyBalance Sheet (Partial)December 31, 2020 Cash         $  40,000    Accounts payable    $  61,000 Accounts receivable $89,000   Notes payable   67,000  Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts   7,000 82,000   $128,000 Inventory   171,000     Prepaid expenses      9,000               $302,000           The following errors in the corporation’s accounting have been discovered: 1.    January 2021 cash disbursements entered as of December 2020 included payments of accounts payable in the amount of $39,000, on which a cash discount of 2% was taken. 2.    The inventory included $27,000 of merchandise that had been received at December 31 but for which no purchase invoices had been received or entered. Of this amount, $12,000 had been received on consignment; the remainder was purchased f.o.b. destination, terms 2/10, n/30. 3.    Sales for the first four days in January 2021 in the amount of $30,000 were entered in the sales journal as of December 31, 2020. Of these, $21,500 were sales on account and the remainder were cash sales. 4.    Cash, not including cash sales, collected in January 2021 and entered as of December 31, 2020, totaled $35,324. Of this amount, $23,324 was received on account after cash discounts of 2% had been deducted; the remainder represented the proceeds of a bank loan. Instructions a.    Restate the current assets and current liabilities sections of the balance sheet in accordance with good accounting practice. (Assume that both accounts receivable and accounts payable are recorded gross.) b.    State the net effect of your adjustments on Allessandro Scarlatti Company’s retained earnings balance.

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The current assets and current liabilities sections of the balance sheet of Allessandro Scarlatti Company appear as follows.

Allessandro Scarlatti Company
Balance Sheet (Partial)
December 31, 2020
Cash         $  40,000    Accounts payable    $  61,000
Accounts receivable $89,000   Notes payable   67,000
 Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts   7,000 82,000   $128,000
Inventory   171,000    
Prepaid expenses      9,000    
          $302,000          

The following errors in the corporation’s accounting have been discovered:

1.    January 2021 cash disbursements entered as of December 2020 included payments of accounts payable in the amount of $39,000, on which a cash discount of 2% was taken.

2.    The inventory included $27,000 of merchandise that had been received at December 31 but for which no purchase invoices had been received or entered. Of this amount, $12,000 had been received on consignment; the remainder was purchased f.o.b. destination, terms 2/10, n/30.

3.    Sales for the first four days in January 2021 in the amount of $30,000 were entered in the sales journal as of December 31, 2020. Of these, $21,500 were sales on account and the remainder were cash sales.

4.    Cash, not including cash sales, collected in January 2021 and entered as of December 31, 2020, totaled $35,324. Of this amount, $23,324 was received on account after cash discounts of 2% had been deducted; the remainder represented the proceeds of a bank loan.

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a.    Restate the current assets and current liabilities sections of the balance sheet in accordance with good accounting practice. (Assume that both accounts receivable and accounts payable are recorded gross.)

b.    State the net effect of your adjustments on Allessandro Scarlatti Company’s retained earnings balance.

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