INTRODUCTION: UNIFLEX CABLES LIMITED appointed interns to study the receivables position of their company. I was asked to analyze the data of the past six months starting from October’08 to March’09. I had to analyze the debtors’ payment pattern for that period and find out the reasons why there was a delay in receiving payments from the debtors’. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: • Compare Actual Date of Receipt from customers with the Payment Due Date. • Find out the number of days delay
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equation are assets‚ liabilities‚ and equity. Assets include Cash‚ Accounts Receivable‚ Notes Receivable‚ Prepaid Expenses‚ Land‚ Building‚ Equipment‚ Furniture‚ and Fixtures. Liabilities include Accounts Payable‚ Notes Payable‚ Accrued Liability‚ and Unearned Revenue. Equity includes Owner’s Capital‚ Owner’s Withdrawals‚ Revenue‚ and Expenses. 2. Companies need a way to organize their accounts so they use a chart of accounts. Accounts starting with 1 are usually Assets‚ 2 – Liabilities‚ 3 – Equity
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J1 Date Account Titles and Explanation Ref. Debit Credit 2014 Cash 101 20‚000 May. 1 Common stock 311 20‚000 (Issued shares of stock for cash) 3 Supplies 126 1‚500 Accounts Payable 201 1‚500 (Purchased supplies on account
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contains the company’s unadjusted trial balance as of December 31‚ 2011. BUG-OFF EXTERMINATORS December 31‚ 2011 Unadjusted Trial Balance Cash 17‚000 Accounts receivable 4‚000 Allowance for doubtful accounts 828 Merchandise inventory 11‚700 Trucks 32‚000 Accum. depreciation-Trucks - Equipment 45‚000 Accum. depreciation-Equipment 12‚200 Accounts payable 5‚000 Estimated warranty liability 1‚400 Unearned services revenue - Interest payable - Long-term notes payable 15‚000 D. Buggs‚ Capital
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Case Chapter 7 Cash and Receivables 1. Petty Cash (10 min.) The petty cash fund of $200 for Walsh Company appeared as follows on December 31‚ 2008: Cash $93.60 Petty cash vouchers Freight in $21.40 Postage 40.00 Balloons for a special occasion 18.00 Meals 25.00 Instructions 1. Prepare the journal entries required to establish the petty cash fund. 2. Prepare in general journal form the entry to replenish the fund. 3. On December 31‚ the office manager gives instructions
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The ability to sell inventory and collect receivables is critical. In this topic‚ we discuss three ratios that measure this ability. Inventory Turnover. Companies generally strive to sell their inventory as quickly as possible. The faster inventory sells‚ the sooner cash comes in. Inventory turnover‚ measures the number of times a company sells its average level of inventory during a year. A fast turnover indicates ease in selling inventory; a low turnover indicates difficulty. A value of 6 means
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fraud. | Trace a purchase order (PO) from fulfillment to initiation to determine if the proper stakeholders approved the PO and if the order was fulfilled correctly. | 2. Independent reconciliation of the monthly bank statements | Compare accounts for discrepancies (posting and summarization). | Examine and ensure that all in house and bank data coincides to prevent and /or correct possible errors. | Obtain originals of the statements pertaining to six months of the audit period and reconcile
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to customers. A firm grants trade credit to protect its sales from the competitors and to attract the potential customers to buy its products at favourable terms. Trade credit creates accounts receivable or trade debtors that the firm is expected to collect in the near future. The customers from whom receivable or book debt have to be collected in the future are called trade debtors or simply as debtors and represent the firms claim or asset. A credit sale has three characteristics: First‚ it
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Receivables Turnover Ratio interpretation Receivables Turnover Ratio is one of the efficiency ratios and measures the number of times receivables are collected‚ on average‚ during the fiscal year. Receivables Turnover Ratio formula is: Receivables Turnover Ratio formula Receivables turnover ratio measures company’s efficiency in collecting its sales on credit and collection policies. This ratio takes in consideration ONLY the credit sales. If the cash sales are included‚ the ratio will be
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Introductory Financial Accounting Lecture Week 5 Receivables Summer Semester 2014 Greg Cusack www.fbe.unimelb.edu.au Learning Objectives At the end of the lecture‚ students should Be able to apply the revenue recognition principle to determine the accepted time to record sales revenue for typical retailers‚ wholesalers‚ manufacturers and service companies. To understand the recording and management implications of credit sales‚ including the offering of sales discounts and the
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