What amount should be reported as cash?
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:BE7.1 (LO1) Kraft Enterprises owns the following assets at December 31, 2019.
Cash in bank-savings account €68,000
Cash on hand
9,300
Tax refund due
31,400
Checking account balance
17,000
Postdated checks
750
Certificates of deposit (180-day) 90,000
What amount should be reported as cash?

Transcribed Image Text:E7.1 (LO1) (Determine Cash Balance) The controller for Wallaby plc is attempting
to determine the amount of cash and cash equivalents to be reported on its
December 31, 2019, statement of financial position. The following information is
provided.
1. Commercial savings account of £600,000 and a commercial checking
account balance of £800,000 are held at First National Bank of Olathe.
2. Money market fund account held at Volonte Co. (a mutual fund
organization) permits Wallaby to write checks on this balance, £5,000,000.
3. Travel advances of £180,000 for executive travel for the first quarter of next
year (employee to reimburse through salary reduction).
4. A separate cash fund in the amount of £1,500,000 is restricted for the
retirement of long-term debt.
5. Petty cash fund of £1,000.
6. An 1.O.U. from Marianne Koch, a company customer, in the amount of
£150,000.
7. A bank overdraft of £110,000 has occurred at one of the banks the
company uses to deposit its cash receipts. At the present time, the company
has no deposits at this bank.
8. The company has two certificates of deposit, each totaling £500,000. These
CDs have a maturity of 120 days.
9. Wallaby has received a check that is dated January 12, 2020, in the amount
of £125,000.
10. Wallaby has agreed to maintain a cash balance of £500,000 at all times at
First National Bank of Olathe to ensure future credit availability.
11. Wallaby has purchased £2,100,000 of commercial paper of Sergio Leone
Co. which is due in 60 days.
12. Currency and coin on hand amounted to £7,700.
Instructions
a. Compute the amount of cash (and cash equivalents) to be reported on
Wallaby plc's statement of financial position at December 31, 2019.
b. Indicate the proper reporting for items that are not reported as cash on the
December 31, 2019, statement of financial position.
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