Fundamentals Of Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781260159516
Author: PHILLIPS
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 2, Problem 2E
Identifying Account Titles
The following are independent situations.
- a. A company orders and receives 10 personal computers for office use for which it signs a note promising to pay $25,000 within three months.
- b. A company purchases for $21,000 cash a new delivery truck that has a list (“sticker”) price of $24,000.
- c. A women’s clothing retailer orders 30 new display stands for $300 each for future delivery.
- d. A new company is formed and issues 100 shares of stock for $12 per share to investors.
- e. A company purchases a piece of land for $50,000 cash. An appraiser for the buyer valued the land at $52,500.
- f. The owner of a local company uses a personal check to buy a $10,000 car for personal use. Answer from the company’s point of view.
- g. A company borrows $2,000 from a local bank and signs a six-month note for the loan.
- h. A company pays $1,500 owed on its 10-year notes payable (ignore interest).
Required:
- 1. Indicate titles of the appropriate accounts, if any, affected in each of the preceding events.
- 2. At what amount would you record the delivery truck in (b)? The piece of land in (e)? What measurement principle are you applying?
- 3. What reasoning did you apply in (c)? For (f), what accounting concept did you apply?
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