Connect Access Card for Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259738678
Author: Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Frank Hodge Ch
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.4CP
Using Financial Reports: Identifying and Correcting Deficiencies in an Income Statement and
Performance Corporation was organized on January 1, 2015. At the end of 2015, the company had not yet completed an accountant: however, an employee who was “good with numbers” prepared the following statements at that date:
| PERFORMANCE CORPORATION December 31,2015 | |
| Income from sales of merchandise | $180,000 |
| Total amount paid for goods sold during 2015 | (90,000) |
| Selling costs | (25,000) |
| (12,000) | |
| Income from services rendered | 52,000 |
| Salaries and wages paid | (62,000) |
| PERFORMANCE CORPORATION December 31,2015 | ||
| Resources | ||
| Cash | $32,000 | |
| Merchandise inventory (held for resale) | 42,000 | |
| Service vehicles | 50,000 | |
| 32,250 | ||
| Grand total | $156,250 | |
| Debts | ||
| Payables to suppliers | $ 17,750 | |
| Note owed to bank | 25,000 | |
| Due from customers | 13,000 | |
| Total | $55,750 | |
| Supplies on hand (to be used in rendering services) | $15,000 | |
| 12,000 | ||
| Common stock, 6,500 shares | 65,000 | |
| Total | 92,000 | |
| Grand total | $147,750 | |
| *This represents the portion of the service vehicles that has been used up to date. | ||
Required:
- 1. List all deficiencies that you can identify in these statements. Give a brief explanation of each one.
- 2. Prepare a proper income statement (correct net income is $32,250 and income tax expense $10,750) and balance sheet (correct total assets are $140,000).
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