GB 112/212 MANAGERIAL ACC. W/ACCESS >C<
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.15E

Analyzing the Effects of Transactions Using T-Accounts and Interpreting the Current Ratio as a Manager of the Company

Higgins Company began operations last year. You are a member of the management team investigating expansion ideas that will require borrowing funds from banks. At the start of the current year. Higgins’s T-account balances were as follows:

Assets:

Cash  
5,000  

Liabilities:

Short-Term Investments
2,500
Property and Equipment
3,000

Short-Term Notes Payable

2,200

Stockholders ' Equity:

Long-Term Notes Payable

1,800

Common Stock
1 500
Additional Paid-in Capital
4,000
Retained Earnings
3,000

Required:

1. Using the data from these T-accounts, determine the amounts for the following on January 1 of the current year

Assets $ ____ = Liabilities $__+ Stockholders’ Equity $__

2. Enter the following transactions for the current year in the T-accounts:

  1. (a) Borrowed $4,000 from a local bank, signing a note due in three years.
  2. (b) Sold $1,500 of the investments for $1,500 cash.
  3. (c) Sold one-half of the property and equipment for $1,500 in cash.
  4. (d) Declared and paid $,800 in cash dividends to stockholders.

3. Compute ending balances in the T-accounts to determine amounts for the following on December 31 of the current year

Assets $ _____ = Liabilities $ _____ + Stockholders’ Equity $ _____

4. Calculate the current ratio at December 31 of the current year. If the industry average for the current ratio is 1.50. What does your computation suggest to you about Higgins Company? Would you suggest that Higgins Company increase its short-term liabilities? Why or why not?

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Chapter 2 Solutions

GB 112/212 MANAGERIAL ACC. W/ACCESS >C<

Ch. 2 - Prob. 11QCh. 2 - Prob. 12QCh. 2 - How is the current ratio computed and interpreted?Ch. 2 - Prob. 14QCh. 2 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 2 - Which of the following is not an asset? a....Ch. 2 - Total liabilities on a balance sheet at the end of...Ch. 2 - The dual effects concept can best be described as...Ch. 2 - The T-account is a tool commonly used for...Ch. 2 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 2 - The Cash T-account has a beginning balance of...Ch. 2 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 2 - At the end of a recent year, The Gap, Inc.,...Ch. 2 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 2 - Matching Definitions with Terms Match each...Ch. 2 - Matching Definitions with Terms Match each...Ch. 2 - Identifying Events as Accounting Transactions...Ch. 2 - Classifying Accounts on a Balance Sheet The...Ch. 2 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Several...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.6MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.7MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.8MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.9MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.10MECh. 2 - Prob. 2.11MECh. 2 - Computing and Interpreting the Current Ratio...Ch. 2 - Identifying Transactions as Investing or Financing...Ch. 2 - Matching Definitions with Terms Match each...Ch. 2 - Identifying Account Titles The following are...Ch. 2 - Classifying Accounts and Their Usual Balances As...Ch. 2 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Several...Ch. 2 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Several...Ch. 2 - Recording Investing and Financing Activities Refer...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.7ECh. 2 - Recording Investing and Financing Activities...Ch. 2 - Analyzing the Effects of Transactions In...Ch. 2 - Analyzing the Effects of Transactions In...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.11ECh. 2 - Inferring Investing and Financing Transactions and...Ch. 2 - Recording Journal Entries Nathanson Corporation...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.14ECh. 2 - Analyzing the Effects of Transactions Using...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.16ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.17ECh. 2 - Prob. 2.18ECh. 2 - Inferring Typical Investing and Financing...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.20ECh. 2 - Identifying the Investing and Financing Activities...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.22ECh. 2 - Identifying Accounts on a Classified Balance Sheet...Ch. 2 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Various...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.3PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.4PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.5PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.6PCh. 2 - Prob. 2.1APCh. 2 - Determining Financial Statement Effects of Various...Ch. 2 - Recording Transactions in T-Accounts, Preparing...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.4APCh. 2 - Accounting for the Establishment of a New Business...Ch. 2 - Prob. 2.1CPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.2CPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.3CPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.4CPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.5CPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.6CPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.7CPCh. 2 - Prob. 2.8CP
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