INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING(LL)-W/CONNECT
INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING(LL)-W/CONNECT
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781260216141
Author: SPICELAND
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
bartleby

Concept explainers

bartleby

Videos

Textbook Question
Book Icon
Chapter 7, Problem 7.5BYP

Ethics Case 7–5

Uncollectible accounts

• LO7–5

You have recently been hired as the assistant controller for Stanton Industries, a large, publicly held manufacturing company. Your immediate superior is the controller who, in turn, is responsible to the vice president of finance.

The controller has assigned you the task of preparing the year-end adjusting entries. In the receivables area, you have prepared an aging of accounts receivable and have applied historical percentages to the balances of each of the age categories. The analysis indicates that an appropriate balance for the allowance for uncollectible accounts is $180,000. The existing balance in the allowance account prior to any adjusting entry is a $20,000 credit balance.

After showing your analysis to the controller, he tells you to change the aging category of a large account from over 120 days to current status and to prepare a new invoice to the customer with a revised date that agrees with the new aging category. This will change the required allowance for uncollectible accounts from $180,000 to $135,000. Tactfully, you ask the controller for an explanation for the change and he tells you “We need the extra income; the bottom line is too low.”

Required:

1. What is the effect on income before taxes of the change requested by the controller?

2. Discuss the ethical dilemma you face. Consider your options and responsibilities along with the possible consequences of any action you might take.

Blurred answer
Students have asked these similar questions
ayco Inc. started its operations in 2022. Its sales during 2022, all on account, totalled $700,000. The company collected $500,000 in cash from customers during the year and wrote off $8,000 in uncollectible accounts. The company set up an allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2022, its fiscal year-end, and determined the account balance to be $14,000.   The unadjusted balances of selected accounts at December 31, 2023 are as follows:     Accounts receivable $ 300,000   Allowance for doubtful accounts (debit)   10,000   Sales revenue (including 80 percent in sales on account)   800,000       Aging of the accounts receivable on December 31, 2023, resulted in an estimate of $11,000 in potentially uncollectible accounts.   Required: 1. Prepare the journal entries to record all the transactions during 2022 and post them to appropriate T-accounts. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)…
Calculate the sample size based on the specifications in Buhi's contract. Make sure it is within budget, reasonable to obtain, and that you use appropriate inputs relative to market research best practices. Use the calculator to adjust the sample size statement. Use the agreed-upon sample size in Buhi's contract: 996. In your secondary research, find the target population size (an estimate of those in the United States looking to purchase luggage in the category in the next two years). You will use this target population size for each sample size estimate. Adjust the provided sample size calculator inputs to find the rest of the figures that get you to the agreed-upon sample size. The caveats from Buhi are that you must: Use the market research standard for your confidence level. Use a confidence interval that is better than the market research standard for your confidence interval.
The partnership of Keenan and Kludlow paid the following wages during this year: Line Item Description Amount M. Keenan (partner) $108,000 S. Kludlow (partner) 96,000 N. Perry (supervisor) 54,700 T. Lee (factory worker) 35,100 R. Rolf (factory worker) 27,200 D. Broch (factory worker) 6,300 S. Ruiz (bookkeeper) 26,000 C. Rudolph (maintenance) 5,200 In addition, the partnership owed $250 to Rudolph for work he performed during December. However, payment for this work will not be made until January of the following year. The state unemployment tax rate for the company is 2.95% on the first $9,000 of each employee's earnings. Compute the following:   ound your answers to the nearest cent. a.  Net FUTA tax for the partnership for this year b.  SUTA tax for this year

Chapter 7 Solutions

INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING(LL)-W/CONNECT

Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.11QCh. 7 - Is any special accounting treatment required for...Ch. 7 - Explain any possible differences between...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.14QCh. 7 - What is meant by the discounting of a note...Ch. 7 - What are the key variables that influence a...Ch. 7 - Explain how the CECL model (introduced in ASU No....Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.18QCh. 7 - Prob. 7.19QCh. 7 - (Based on Appendix 7B) Marshall Companies, Inc.,...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.21QCh. 7 - Prob. 7.1BECh. 7 - Prob. 7.2BECh. 7 - Prob. 7.3BECh. 7 - Cash discounts; gross method LO73 On December 28,...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.5BECh. 7 - Sales re turns LO74 During 2018, its first year...Ch. 7 - Sales re turns LO74 Refer to the situation...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.8BECh. 7 - Prob. 7.9BECh. 7 - Uncollectible accounts; balance sheet approach ...Ch. 7 - Uncollectible accounts; solving for unknown LO75,...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.12BECh. 7 - Note receivable LO77 On December 1, 2018,...Ch. 7 - Long-term notes receivable LO74 On April 19,...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.15BECh. 7 - Factoring of accounts receivable LO78 Refer to...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.17BECh. 7 - Discounting a note LO78 On March 31, Dower...Ch. 7 - Receivables turnover LO78 Camden Hardwares credit...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.20BECh. 7 - Prob. 7.21BECh. 7 - Impairments of Accounts Receivable Appendix 7B...Ch. 7 - Credit Losses on Accounts Receivable (CECL Model) ...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.1ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.2ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.3ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.4ECh. 7 - Trade and cash discounts; the gross method and the...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.6ECh. 7 - Cash discounts; the net method LO73 [This is a...Ch. 7 - Sales returns LO74 Halifax Manufacturing allows...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.9ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.10ECh. 7 - Uncollectible accounts; allowance method; balance...Ch. 7 - Uncollectible accounts; allowance method and...Ch. 7 - Uncollectible accounts; allowance method; solving...Ch. 7 - Note receivable LO77 On June 30, 2018, the...Ch. 7 - Noninterest-bearing note receivable LO77 [This is...Ch. 7 - Long-term notes receivable LO77 On January 1,...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.17ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.18ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.19ECh. 7 - Factoring of accounts receivable with recourse ...Ch. 7 - Factoring of accounts receivable with recourse...Ch. 7 - Discounting a note receivable LO78 Selkirk...Ch. 7 - Concepts; terminology LO71 through LO78 Listed...Ch. 7 - Receivables; transaction analysis LO73, LO75...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.25ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.26ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.27ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.28ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.29ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.30ECh. 7 - Impairments of Notes Receivable Appendix 7B At...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.32ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.33ECh. 7 - Prob. 7.34ECh. 7 - Uncollectible accounts; allowance method; income...Ch. 7 - Uncollectible accounts; Amdahl LO75 Real World...Ch. 7 - Bad debts; Nike, Inc. LO75 Real World Financials...Ch. 7 - Uncollectible accounts LO75, LO76 Raintree...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.5PCh. 7 - Notes receivable; solving for unknowns LO77...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.7PCh. 7 - Prob. 7.8PCh. 7 - Prob. 7.9PCh. 7 - Prob. 7.10PCh. 7 - Prob. 7.11PCh. 7 - Accounts and notes receivable; discounting a note...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.13PCh. 7 - Prob. 7.14PCh. 7 - Prob. 7.15PCh. 7 - Prob. 7.16PCh. 7 - Prob. 7.17PCh. 7 - Prob. 7.1BYPCh. 7 - Prob. 7.2BYPCh. 7 - Prob. 7.3BYPCh. 7 - Real World Case 74 Sales returns; Green Mountain...Ch. 7 - Ethics Case 75 Uncollectible accounts LO75 You...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7.6BYPCh. 7 - Prob. 7.7BYPCh. 7 - Prob. 7.8BYPCh. 7 - Prob. 7.9BYPCh. 7 - Prob. 7.10BYPCh. 7 - Prob. 7.11BYPCh. 7 - Prob. 1CCTC
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Accounting
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Corporate Financial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781305653535
Author:Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Corporate Financial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781337398169
Author:Carl Warren, Jeff Jones
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Financial & Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781337119207
Author:Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Accounting Information Systems
Finance
ISBN:9781337552127
Author:Ulric J. Gelinas, Richard B. Dull, Patrick Wheeler, Mary Callahan Hill
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable; Author: The Finance Storyteller;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_aUWbQa878;License: Standard Youtube License