Wally is employed as an executive with Pay More Incorporated. To entice Wally to work for Pay More, the corporation loaned him $25,000 at the beginning of the year at a simple interest rate of 1 percent. Wally would have paid interest of $3,000 this year if the interest rate on the loan had been set at the prevailing federal interest rate. Required: a. Wally used the funds as a down payment on a speedboat and repaid the $25,000 loan (including $250 of interest) at year-end. a-1. Does this loan result in any income to either party? a-2. Indicate the amount of income to either party that results from the loan. b. Assume instead that Pay More forgave the loan and interest on December 31. What amount of gross income does Wally recognize this year?
Wally is employed as an executive with Pay More Incorporated. To entice Wally to work for Pay More, the corporation loaned him $25,000 at the beginning of the year at a simple interest rate of 1 percent. Wally would have paid interest of $3,000 this year if the interest rate on the loan had been set at the prevailing federal interest rate. Required: a. Wally used the funds as a down payment on a speedboat and repaid the $25,000 loan (including $250 of interest) at year-end. a-1. Does this loan result in any income to either party? a-2. Indicate the amount of income to either party that results from the loan. b. Assume instead that Pay More forgave the loan and interest on December 31. What amount of gross income does Wally recognize this year?
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1Q
Related questions
Question
Expert Solution
This question has been solved!
Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.
Step by step
Solved in 3 steps
Recommended textbooks for you
Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337272094
Author:
WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337619202
Author:
Hall, James A.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337272094
Author:
WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting
ISBN:
9781337619202
Author:
Hall, James A.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning,
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis…
Accounting
ISBN:
9780134475585
Author:
Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher:
PEARSON
Intermediate Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259722660
Author:
J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:
9781259726705
Author:
John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education